Bug#603808: xterm: reverseVideo resource inverts reverse video logic instead of setting the default

[Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com>]

On Wed, 17 Nov 2010, Sascha Silbe wrote:

> Package: xterm
> Version: 261-1
> Severity: normal
>
>
> The reverseVideo X resource and the +rv/-rv command line options affect 
> the reverse video feature in strange ways. It seems to get inverted 
> rather than set, though even that doesn't explain why there is a mark 
> for the menu option if the reverseVideo resource is true and no CLI 
> option is given, but no mark in all other cases.

The interaction is strange because the +rv/-rv options are processed in
the X libraries, and xterm can only infer what's happened.  I'll review
this to see if I can improve the manner in which the menu-checkmark is
set, etc. - that seems to be the intent of the report.

thanks

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