Debian Bug report logs - #541089
xterm: bold color attribute now displaying as black by default

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Package: xterm; Maintainer for xterm is Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>; Source for xterm is src:xterm (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: Mark Nipper <[email protected]>

Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:03:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed-upstream

Merged with 541716

Found in versions xterm/244-1, xterm/244-2

Fixed in version xterm/246-1

Done: Julien Cristau <[email protected]>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>:
Bug#541089; Package xterm. (Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:03:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Mark Nipper <[email protected]>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>. (Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:03:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #5 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mark Nipper <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: xterm: bold color attribute now displaying as black by default
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:00:04 -0500
Package: xterm
Version: 244-1
Severity: minor

	With yesterday's update of xterm, bold  attributes are
displaying in the color black.  I'm assuming '+bdc' got set by default
somehow instead of '-bdc'?

	Anyway, since a lot of people probably use black as their
default background color, this might cause a lot of problems.  Not only
did portions of my prompt string disappear in my shell (minor issue),
but man pages are pretty much unreadable.

	Simply setting the resource (or passing the '-bdc' option to my
xterm) fixes the problem.  I'm not sure if this is something you need to
address, but I'm submitting this report for reference sake at the very
least.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (700, 'unstable'), (600, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.9-24         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libfontconfig1            2.6.0-4        generic font configuration library
ii  libice6                   2:1.0.5-1      X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5               5.7+20090803-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.2.2-1      X11 client-side library
ii  libxaw7                   2:1.0.6-1      X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxft2                   2.1.13-3       FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxmu6                   2:1.0.4-2      X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxt6                    1:1.0.5-3      X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  xbitmaps                  1.0.1-2        Base X bitmaps

Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii  x11-utils                     7.4+1      X11 utilities
ii  xutils                        1:7.4+3    X Window System utility programs m

Versions of packages xterm suggests:
pn  xfonts-cyrillic               <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information




Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>:
Bug#541089; Package xterm. (Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:15:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Mark Nipper <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>. (Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:15:06 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #10 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mark Nipper <[email protected]>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <[email protected]>
Subject: xterm: well, maybe not...
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:14:09 -0500
Package: xterm
Severity: normal

	Actually, it appears that suddenly the colorBDMode resource is
being honored.  I had it (along with colorBLMode and colorULMode)
defined in my .Xresources file as true.

	So it appears yesterday's update actually fixed a long standing
issue possibly.  You can close this report since things appear to be
working as they should have been all along now.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (700, 'unstable'), (600, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash

Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii  libc6                     2.9-24         GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii  libfontconfig1            2.6.0-4        generic font configuration library
ii  libice6                   2:1.0.5-1      X11 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii  libncurses5               5.7+20090803-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii  libx11-6                  2:1.2.2-1      X11 client-side library
ii  libxaw7                   2:1.0.6-1      X11 Athena Widget library
ii  libxft2                   2.1.13-3       FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii  libxmu6                   2:1.0.4-2      X11 miscellaneous utility library
ii  libxt6                    1:1.0.5-3      X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii  xbitmaps                  1.0.1-2        Base X bitmaps

Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii  x11-utils                     7.4+1      X11 utilities
ii  xutils                        1:7.4+3    X Window System utility programs m

Versions of packages xterm suggests:
pn  xfonts-cyrillic               <none>     (no description available)

-- no debconf information




Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>:
Bug#541089; Package xterm. (Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:39:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Julien Cristau <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>. (Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:39:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #15 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Julien Cristau <[email protected]>
To: Mark Nipper <[email protected]>, [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#541089: xterm: bold color attribute now displaying as black by default
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:35:56 +0200
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:00:04 -0500, Mark Nipper wrote:

> 	With yesterday's update of xterm, bold  attributes are
> displaying in the color black.  I'm assuming '+bdc' got set by default
> somehow instead of '-bdc'?
> 
> 	Anyway, since a lot of people probably use black as their
> default background color, this might cause a lot of problems.  Not only
> did portions of my prompt string disappear in my shell (minor issue),
> but man pages are pretty much unreadable.
> 
> 	Simply setting the resource (or passing the '-bdc' option to my
> xterm) fixes the problem.  I'm not sure if this is something you need to
> address, but I'm submitting this report for reference sake at the very
> least.

I can't reproduce this.  manpages are readable for me with the default
settings, and xterm +bdc makes bold text disappear.
Anything particular in your setup?

Cheers,
Julien




Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>:
Bug#541089; Package xterm. (Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:42:02 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Mark Nipper <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>. (Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:42:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #20 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Mark Nipper <[email protected]>
To: Julien Cristau <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#541089: xterm: bold color attribute now displaying as black by default
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:41:18 -0500
On 11 Aug 2009, Julien Cristau wrote:
> I can't reproduce this.  manpages are readable for me with the default
> settings, and xterm +bdc makes bold text disappear.
> Anything particular in your setup?

	You may not have gotten my update to that bug report.  I
think you inadvertently fixed something with this most recent
release.  The fact that colorBDMode was enabled was actually my
own fault (I had it in my .Xresources).  But I've had it in my
.Xresources for years now, and this only just now became an
issue.

	So disabling colorBDMode fixed my problem.  And regarding
this issue, xterm is actually working as documented now (which
apparently it wasn't before).  So thanks!  :)

-- 
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(979)575-3193
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Reply sent to Julien Cristau <[email protected]>:
You have taken responsibility. (Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:57:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Mark Nipper <[email protected]>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:57:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #25 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Julien Cristau <[email protected]>
To: Mark Nipper <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#541089: xterm: bold color attribute now displaying as black by default
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:53:46 +0200
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:41:18 -0500, Mark Nipper wrote:

> On 11 Aug 2009, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > I can't reproduce this.  manpages are readable for me with the default
> > settings, and xterm +bdc makes bold text disappear.
> > Anything particular in your setup?
> 
> 	You may not have gotten my update to that bug report.  I

Right, I got it just after replying to the initial report :)

> think you inadvertently fixed something with this most recent
> release.  The fact that colorBDMode was enabled was actually my
> own fault (I had it in my .Xresources).  But I've had it in my
> .Xresources for years now, and this only just now became an
> issue.
> 
> 	So disabling colorBDMode fixed my problem.  And regarding
> this issue, xterm is actually working as documented now (which
> apparently it wasn't before).  So thanks!  :)
> 
Closing the bug per submitter, thanks!

Cheers,
Julien




Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>:
Bug#541089; Package xterm. (Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:51:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>. (Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:51:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #30 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#541089: xterm: bold color attribute now displaying as black by default
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:47:12 +0200 (CEST)
My interpretation of this (man xterm):

,----
|        colorBD (class ColorBD)
|                This specifies the color to use to display bold  characters  if
|                the  ``colorBDMode''  resource  is  enabled.   The  default  is
|                ``XtDefaultForeground.''
`----

is that setting colorBD without colorBDMode being enabled won't do
anything useful.  Am I wrong?


Cheers,

-- 
Cristian




Information forwarded to [email protected], Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>:
Bug#541089; Package xterm. (Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:06:09 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Acknowledgement sent to Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn <[email protected]>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>. (Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:06:09 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #35 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Bug#541089: xterm: bold color attribute now displaying as black by default
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:04:10 +0200 (CEST)
reopen 541089
found 541236 xterm/244-2
thanks

On Thu, 13 Aug 2009, Cristian Ionescu-Idbohrn wrote:

> My interpretation of this (man xterm):
>
> ,----
> |        colorBD (class ColorBD)
> |                This specifies the color to use to display bold  characters  if
> |                the  ``colorBDMode''  resource  is  enabled.   The  default  is
> |                ``XtDefaultForeground.''
> `----
>
> is that setting colorBD without colorBDMode being enabled won't do
> anything useful.  Am I wrong?

Can't make much sense of this.  Command line options or ~/.Xresources, no
joy :(  Here's my resources:

XTerm*VT100*Geometry:   80x80
XTerm*ScrollCond:       true
XTerm*ScrollBar:        true
XTerm*rightScrollBar:   true
XTerm*SaveLines:        6000
XTerm*Font:             6x13
XTerm*background:       lightyellow
XTerm*foreground:       black
XTerm*cursorColor:      red
XTerm*pointerColor:     red
XTerm*VT100*colorBDMode: true
XTerm*VT100*colorBD:    blue
XTerm*colorULMode:      true
XTerm*underLine:        false
XTerm*colorUL:          magenta
XTerm*dynamicColors:    true
XTerm*EightBitInput:    true
XTerm*EightBitOutput:   true
!# No session  manager callbacks
XTerm*sessionMgt:       false


Cheers,

-- 
Cristian




Did not alter fixed versions and reopened. Request was from Debbugs Internal Request <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Fri, 14 Aug 2009 17:06:11 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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Bug#541089; Package xterm. (Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:57:03 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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Message #42 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Dickey <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: #541089 xterm: bold color attribute now displaying as black by default
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:52:57 -0400
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
Here's my current changes for #246, which includes a fix for this bug.

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ftp://invisible-island.net
[xterm-245b.patch.gz (application/octet-stream, attachment)]
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Bug#541089. (Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:57:04 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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Bug#541089; Package xterm. (Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:39:07 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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Message #50 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Thomas Dickey <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: re: #541089 xterm: bold color attribute now displaying as black by default
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:37:09 -0400
[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
fixed in patch #246

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Added tag(s) fixed-upstream. Request was from Thomas Dickey <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:39:18 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


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Bug#541089. (Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:39:22 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Forcibly Merged 541089 541716. Request was from Julien Cristau <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:00:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Added tag(s) pending. Request was from Julien Cristau <[email protected]> to [email protected]. (Thu, 20 Aug 2009 22:06:08 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Reply sent to Julien Cristau <[email protected]>:
You have taken responsibility. (Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:00:14 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Notification sent to Mark Nipper <[email protected]>:
Bug acknowledged by developer. (Sat, 22 Aug 2009 23:00:14 GMT) (full text, mbox, link).


Message #64 received at [email protected] (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Julien Cristau <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Bug#541089: fixed in xterm 246-1
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:47:32 +0000
Source: xterm
Source-Version: 246-1

We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
xterm, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive:

xterm_246-1.diff.gz
  to pool/main/x/xterm/xterm_246-1.diff.gz
xterm_246-1.dsc
  to pool/main/x/xterm/xterm_246-1.dsc
xterm_246-1_amd64.deb
  to pool/main/x/xterm/xterm_246-1_amd64.deb
xterm_246.orig.tar.gz
  to pool/main/x/xterm/xterm_246.orig.tar.gz



A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.

Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed.  If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.

Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Julien Cristau <[email protected]> (supplier of updated xterm package)

(This message was generated automatically at their request; if you
believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive
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Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force <[email protected]>
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