GNU bug report logs - #62994
Support styled underlines on TTY frames

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From: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
To: Mohsin Kaleem <mohkale <at> kisara.moe>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, 62994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#62994: [PATCH v5] Add support for colored and styled underlines on tty frames
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2024 11:51:51 -0700

On 3/10/2024 11:22 AM, Mohsin Kaleem wrote:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
> 
>> The "+++" thingy means the manuals were updated for this change, which
>> is why Po Lu asked where are those updates.
> 
> I see, does --- have a similar alternate meaning or can I just replace
> the pluses with minuses?

"---" means there's no need to update the manuals for that change in NEWS.

>> Not absolutely necessary, but very much preferred.  It is unheard of
>> in Emacs to have some face attribute that is supported on TTY frames
>> but not on GUI frames.
> 
> I see. If a blocker I'm happy to remove the extra underline styles? I'm
> not sure how long it would take me to add GUI support and as I don't use
> the GUI I'd be unlikely to prioritise it any time soon.

If someone points me in the right direction, I could take a look (I'd 
particularly like to use the dotted underlines in GUI frames). It'll 
probably be a couple weeks at least until I could work on it though.

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