gnome-terminal's uglification in Fedora 7

[Rahul Sundaram]

Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> Whose bright idea was it to change gnome terminal (actually vte), so 
> that spaces are no longer underlined?
> 
> $ echo -e '\e[4mHelp me\e[24m'
> 
> The two words get underlined, the space character does not.
> 
> Does anyone realize just how many terminal applications use underlines 
> to visually indicate text-entry fields? Now, they all disappear, and 
> everything looks like crap.
> 
> I can't think of any valid reason for this change in behavior, since 
> xterm still gets it right -- the space character is underlined. I can't 
> wait to hear what was the urgent reason for this change that uglifies so 
> many existing terminal apps.


I wouldn't assume it was a deliberate decision. File a bug report.

Rahul