GNU bug report logs - #43381
27.1.50; Maybe wrong cursor FG color in NS port

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Message #19 received at 43381 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
Cc: 43381 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dale Sedivec <dale <at> codefu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#43381: 27.1.50; Maybe wrong cursor FG color in NS port
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 01:49:43 +0200

Alan Third <alan <at> idiocy.org> writes:

> Now you mention it, I can see that the X ports use the face colours as
> well...
>
> xterm.c:1518
>       xgcv.background = s->f->output_data.x->cursor_pixel;
>       xgcv.foreground = s->face->background;
>            ^               ^

Yeah, it looks like it's been like that since at least the 90s.  So...
the documentation is just wrong?

I think it does sound like it would make sense to use the background
colour here for the face colour, though, since that's guaranteed to
stand out against the cursor colour, you'd think.

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