Re: CVS commit: src/lib/libcurses

[nia <nia%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 11:55:24PM +0300, Valery Ushakov wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 20:17:10 +0000, Nia Alarie wrote:
> 
> > Module Name:	src
> > Committed By:	nia
> > Date:		Mon Jul 26 20:17:10 UTC 2021
> > 
> > Modified Files:
> > 	src/lib/libcurses: curses_standout.3
> > 
> > Log Message:
> > The BUGS sections is incorrect again for "modern" terminals.
> > 
> > For example, wscons and xterm both display standout differently to bold.
> 
> Please, revert.  The bugs section need to be changed to caveats (it's
> not a bug, if it's by design) and fixed, not removed, as the sitution
> it warns about is still very much pertinent.  The fact that xterm
> chose to use A_REVERSE video instead of A_BOLD is just an irrelevant
> detail.
> 
> -uwe

Suggested wording? I was thinking:

"Some modern terminals may display characters with the standout
attribute set identically to those with the bold or reverse attribute
set."