From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcus Brinkmann Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: fonts on terminal? Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:23:41 +0200 Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <20020910192340.GG474@212.23.136.22> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1031685843 5225 127.0.0.1 (10 Sep 2002 19:24:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Sep 2002 19:24:03 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17oqcC-0001Lt-00 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:24:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oqcJ-0002tL-00; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:24:07 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17oqbz-0002qb-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:23:47 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17oqbx-0002nA-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:23:47 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oqbx-0002md-00 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:23:45 -0400 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oqbx-0005Cd-00 for bug-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:23:45 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17oqbv-0002m9-00 for bug-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:23:45 -0400 Original-Received: from porta.u64.de ([194.77.88.106]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17oqbv-0002m2-00 for bug-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 15:23:43 -0400 Original-Received: from (ulysses) [212.23.136.22] by porta.u64.de with asmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17orcu-00046L-00; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 22:28:49 +0200 Original-Received: from marcus by ulysses with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17oqbt-0004hs-00 for ; Tue, 10 Sep 2002 21:23:41 +0200 Original-To: bug-emacs@gnu.org Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:3476 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:3476 Hi, I am writing the GNU Hurd console right now, and can easily support several fonts at the same time. This would allow you to switch to normal, italic, or even real bold (not extra bright colors, but bold glyphs) using terminal escape sequences. There is a standard sequence for italics, sitm/ritm, but no default sequence for real bold (termcap bold is usually used to get the other 8 of the 16 available foreground color). Of course, because this feature is obscure on todays PCs (although not on all terminals in existance), it not used by modern curses applications, but it could be. Is there interest in supporting alternative (italics, bold) faces for font lock mode in emacs, and would it be easy for you to add it? Then I will add it to the Hurd console, with sitm/ritm for italics, and a new capability as a GNU extension for real bold (sbom/rbom? we should probably consult the ncurses people about that). Thanks, Marcus -- `Rhubarb is no Egyptian god.' GNU http://www.gnu.org marcus@gnu.org Marcus Brinkmann The Hurd http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/ Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de http://www.marcus-brinkmann.de/