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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, 62994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, mohkale <at> kisara.moe
Subject: bug#62994: [PATCH v8] Add support for colored and styled underlines on tty frames
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 10:25:41 +0300

> From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  Mohsin Kaleem <mohkale <at> kisara.moe>,
>   62994 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2024 12:52:52 +0800
> 
> Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > Having support for this on X and PGTK (not to mention Android and
> > Haiku) is probably enough though; MS-Windows and Nextstep are just
> > "nice to have" in my opinion.
> 
> I get the impression that inconsistent feature support between the
> various GUI backends is a significant contributor to the bad publicity
> we receive in some quarters as to our attitude towards the, if you will,
> neglected, operating system ports.  Strictly speaking, all systems
> besides X are organized on a "nice to have" basis, but for publicity's
> sake they ought to receive these basic display features as well.

One counter-example is the non-support for stipple in the w32 port.

Patches to add that are welcome, of course.

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