* bug#48201: bug(s) in underline-region
@ 2021-05-03 17:27 Boruch Baum
2021-05-03 17:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
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From: Boruch Baum @ 2021-05-03 17:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 48201
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".
I'm not sure what is the scope of the intent of the package, but for
non-persistent use, it could use overlays with an underline face.
At the very least, the feature should check the environment, and abort
upon detecting incompatability.
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* bug#48201: bug(s) in underline-region
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
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From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2021-05-03 17:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Boruch Baum; +Cc: 48201
> 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.
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* bug#48201: bug(s) in underline-region
2021-05-03 17:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2021-05-03 22:31 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2021-09-19 17:07 ` Stefan Kangas
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Basil L. Contovounesios @ 2021-05-03 22:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: 48201, Boruch Baum
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
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Basil
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* bug#48201: bug(s) in underline-region
2021-05-03 22:31 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
@ 2021-09-19 17:07 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-19 17:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Stefan Kangas @ 2021-09-19 17:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Basil L. Contovounesios; +Cc: 48201, Boruch Baum
"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?
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