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- To: Debian Bug Tracking System <submit@bugs.debian.org>
- Subject: xterm does not honour colorBDMode when using FreeType fonts
- From: Vladimir Chernyshov <vchernys@welho.com>
- Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2007 22:31:18 +0300
- Message-id: <4707E286.9000207@welho.com>
Package: xterm
Version: 222-1etch2
Severity: important
Xterm does not honour the colorBDMode when instructed to render text
using FreeType fonts. This makes bold antialised text (such as directory
names in Midnight Commander) highly illegible and tiresome to the eyes,
especially because xterm combines bolding with highlighting.
The following simple patch is proposed to solve the problem (please adjust
code formatting as you see fit):
diff -u --recursive xterm-222.orig/fontutils.c xterm-222/fontutils.c
--- xterm-222.orig/fontutils.c 2006-09-10 22:55:28.000000000 +0300
+++ xterm-222/fontutils.c 2007-10-05 23:30:43.000000000 +0300
@@ -1540,11 +1540,13 @@
norm = xtermOpenXft(dpy, pat, "normal");
if (norm != 0) {
+ if (screen->colorBDMode) {
XftPatternBuild(pat,
XFT_WEIGHT, XftTypeInteger, XFT_WEIGHT_BOLD,
XFT_CHAR_WIDTH, XftTypeInteger, norm->max_advance_width,
(void *) 0);
bold = xtermOpenXft(dpy, pat, "bold");
+ }
#if OPT_ISO_COLORS
if (screen->italicULMode) {
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
APT prefers stable
APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-5-k7
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.6.ds1-13etch2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libfontconfig1 2.4.2-1.2 generic font configuration
library
ii libice6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 Inter-Client Exchange
library
ii libncurses5 5.5-5 Shared libraries for
terminal hand
ii libsm6 1:1.0.1-3 X11 Session Management library
ii libx11-6 2:1.0.3-7 X11 client-side library
ii libxaw7 1:1.0.2-4 X11 Athena Widget library
ii libxext6 1:1.0.1-2 X11 miscellaneous extension
librar
ii libxft2 2.1.8.2-8 FreeType-based font drawing
librar
ii libxmu6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 miscellaneous utility
library
ii libxt6 1:1.0.2-2 X11 toolkit intrinsics library
ii xbitmaps 1.0.1-2 Base X bitmaps
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii xutils 1:7.1.ds.3-1 X Window System utility
programs
-- no debconf information
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- To: dickey@his.com, 445555-done@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Re: Bug#445555: #445555 xterm does not honour colorBDMode when using FreeType fonts
- From: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
- Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:10:06 +0100
- Message-id: <20080319011004.GA15585@patate.is-a-geek.org>
- In-reply-to: <20080224230221.GA28591@invisible-island.net>
- References: <20080224230221.GA28591@invisible-island.net>
On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 18:02:21 -0500, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> Revisiting this, I see that colorBDMode with TrueType fonts is working
> the same as it does for bitmap fonts. Probably this report should be
> closed, unless additional information is provided.
>
Thanks Thomas. Vladimir, if you still think this is an issue with
recent versions of xterm, please provide more information about the
problem you're seeing and we can reopen the bug.
Cheers,
Julien
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