From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie>
Cc: 48201@debbugs.gnu.org, Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>
Subject: bug#48201: bug(s) in underline-region
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 10:07:32 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmna5evFeJZU8ZYkyCkwncm5gvnLZziY-hiGW0UOqQah7A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zgxbxxea.fsf@tcd.ie> (Basil L. Contovounesios's message of "Mon, 03 May 2021 23:31:09 +0100")
"Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob@tcd.ie> writes:
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>
>>> Date: Mon, 3 May 2021 13:27:53 -0400
>>> From: Boruch Baum <boruch_baum@gmx.com>
>>>
>>> The functions of package underline region doesn't check whether it's
>>> operations will work in the user's terminal or GUI environment. When I
>>> try using the feature in emacs-nox, it replaces the region with
>>> what is for that environment interleaved garbage in the form of "_\b".
>>
>> AFAIU, this package does that 100% intentionally.
>
> I believe so too: it's a kind of backspace overstriking referred to by
> termcap/nroff/ul. A variation is often seen in the output of fortune.
>
> See e.g.:
> - https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/UnterminalString
> - https://unix.stackexchange.com/q/274658/230197
Should this therefore be closed as notabug?
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-09-19 17:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-03 17:27 bug#48201: bug(s) in underline-region Boruch Baum
2021-05-03 17:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-05-03 22:31 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-09-19 17:07 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2021-09-19 17:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-09-19 20:26 ` Stefan Kangas
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