Re: Fix for "ugly border" bug

["John E. Davis" <davis>]

On Mon, 28 May 2001 03:42:24 -0400 (EDT), Pavel Roskin <proski@xxxxxxx> said:
>> >The bug shown here http://www.red-bean.com/~proski/mc.png is actually a
>> >bug in SLang 1.x including the latest version 1.4.4, but not 0.99.38.

I believe that the bug may be in mc itself.  Let me explain.  In
mc/src/color.c, you will find:

#if defined HAVE_SLANG && !defined(HAS_DIRECT_COLOR_ACCESS)
        if (use_colors) { /* Hack to make COLOR_PAIR(DEFAULT_COLOR_INDEX)
                             be the default fg/bg of the terminal */
            char *Norm_Vid = SLtt_tgetstr ("me");
   
            if (Norm_Vid == NULL)
                Norm_Vid = SLtt_tgetstr ("se");
            if (Norm_Vid == NULL)
                Norm_Vid = "\033[0m";
            SLtt_set_color_esc (DEFAULT_COLOR_INDEX, Norm_Vid);
        }
#endif
 
The problem with this is that the "me" attribute may reset the
alternate character set, which is exactly what happens based upon the
untic output you sent me.  I would try replacing the above code
fragment by

   SLtt_set_color (DEFAULT_COLOR_INDEX, NULL, "default", "default");

--John