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27.1.50; Maybe wrong cursor FG color in NS port

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From: Dale Sedivec <dale <at> codefu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 43381 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, alan <at> idiocy.org
Subject: bug#43381: 27.1.50; Maybe wrong cursor FG color in NS port
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 17:10:30 -0500

On Sep 14, 2020, at 09:52, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
>> Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2020 01:49:43 +0200
>> Cc: 43381 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Dale Sedivec <dale <at> codefu.org>
>> 
>> 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?
> 
> Yes, the documentation is inaccurate: it describes what happens when
> the text at point uses the default face.  When the face is not the
> default, we merge that face into the cursor face, and that is what you
> see.
> 
> We should fix the documentation.

Understood.  Would it be appropriate for me to open a separate bug for the problem of the text under the box cursor being nearly unreadable, as in my example?  Maybe allowing the cursor face's :foreground to be used in preference to the background of the face at point?

Dale

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