Re: [PATCH 03/19] man/curs_{bkgd,bkgrnd,color}: Migrate terminology.

[G. Branden Robinson]

Hi Thomas,

At 2024-09-22T19:37:57-0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > To me, "blank character" is better than "background character" because I
> > think it's harder to infer that some kind of character combination
> > process occurs with the former.  A blank character appears only where no
> > other character is present.  [...]
> 
> take a look at the code - it's more complicated than that:
> 
> https://github.com/ThomasDickey/ncurses-snapshots/blob/bb9677553ce168c5551b69f9c18d3d5a4ae4396c/ncurses/base/lib_addch.c#L58

Okay.

> > foregrounds and backgrounds as combining in some manner, whereas blank
> > spaces get overwritten, filled, or occupied.
> 
> The background character isn't necessarily a space.  I've had a demo
> of that aspect in test/back_ground.c for a while.

Yes, I'm aware--I demoed it too, earlier this month.

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2024-09/msg00056.html

> > But I can submit patches to migrate things back the other way, with
> > principle #1 foremost, if you feel it'd be an improvement.
> 
> I made today's updates along those lines - ttyl.

Okay.  Between this and "lib_addch.c" it looks like I have a homework
assignment to complete.  :)

Regards,
Branden

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