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24.0.96; Customizing `inverse-video' has no effect on session

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Message #28 received at 11430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 11430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org, stefan <at> marxist.se,
 drew.adams <at> oracle.com
Subject: Re: bug#11430: 24.0.96;
 Customizing `inverse-video' has no effect on session
Date: Sat, 02 Nov 2019 11:45:49 +0200

> From: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 20:58:18 +0100
> Cc: 11430 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
>  Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
> 
> > Why would it be obsolete?  Anyway, it's in the C source code still.
> 
> As I said, I can't discern any visible effects from setting it to t.

It's a bug, plain and simple, that setting that variable doesn't
affect the display.

Fixing the bug may not be easy, and isn't high priority, but it
nevertheless is a bug.

FWIW, I see no reason to remove the variable just because we don't
seem to know how to fix this.

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