gnome-terminal's uglification in Fedora 7
Rahul Sundaram
sundaram at fedoraproject.org
Sat Jun 30 23:29:36 UTC 2007
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
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