From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11430: 24.0.96; Customizing `inverse-video' has no effect on session Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 11:24:07 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <12b63a55-3b24-4e61-962a-29754f2e0b84@default> References: <87sirsewrg.fsf@building.gnus.org> <87lfszihrv.fsf@skangas.se> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="187924"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 11430@debbugs.gnu.org To: Stefan Kangas , Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Nov 01 19:25:15 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iQbbl-000mgl-6f for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Fri, 1 Nov 2019 18:24:09 GMT Original-Received: from aserv0121.oracle.com (aserv0121.oracle.com [141.146.126.235]) by aserp3020.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2w0rurnmjg-1 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=OK); Fri, 01 Nov 2019 18:24:09 +0000 Original-Received: from abhmp0010.oracle.com (abhmp0010.oracle.com [141.146.116.16]) by aserv0121.oracle.com (8.14.4/8.13.8) with ESMTP id xA1IO8b0022964; Fri, 1 Nov 2019 18:24:08 GMT In-Reply-To: <87lfszihrv.fsf@skangas.se> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.9.1 (1003210) [OL 16.0.4900.0 (x86)] X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9428 signatures=668685 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 suspectscore=0 malwarescore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 mlxscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1908290000 definitions=main-1911010168 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=nai engine=6000 definitions=9428 signatures=668685 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 priorityscore=1501 malwarescore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 spamscore=0 clxscore=1011 lowpriorityscore=0 mlxscore=0 impostorscore=0 mlxlogscore=999 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx scancount=1 engine=8.0.1-1908290000 definitions=main-1911010168 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:170650 Archived-At: > >> emacs -Q > >> M-x customize-variable inverse-video > >> Toggle the value to choose inverse video. Set for current session. > >> > >> It has no effect, either on existing frames or on new ones. > > > > Hm. Is this a deprecated variable or something? Or is it only used > on > > startup? In any case, the doc string should probably mention this, > > whatever is going on... >=20 > Not sure what it is. It seems to be orthogonal to "emacs > --reverse-video", and has no effect when I try setting it manually in a > running session, nor when I run "emacs --eval=3D'(setq inverse-video t)' > -Q -nw". >=20 > It was removed from the manual here: > b4a1a8b278 2010-03-02 Chong Yidong * frames.texi (Mouse Avoidance): > Mention make-pointer-invisible. >=20 > I also found the following: >=20 > ./src/ChangeLog.9: >=20 > > 2001-10-20 Miles Bader > [...] > > =09The following changes remove inverse-video support for terminals > > =09that use a `magic cookie' standout mode. Due to changes in the > > =09way mode-lines are displayed, such support no longer works > > =09anyway, and it's probable that almost no one uses such terminals > > =09anymore: > [...] > > 2001-04-25 Gerd Moellmann > > > > =09* faces.el (tty-handle-reverse-video): Don't set inverse-video. >=20 > So I have the same question as Lars: is this just some old obsolete > variable that should be removed? Why would it be obsolete? Anyway, it's in the C source code still.