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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
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Subject: Re: -rv vs. background/foreground resources
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Date: 2 Mar 90 16:58:55 GMT
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> > If an X client supports both the -rv (reverse video) command line
> > option AND supports background and foreground resources, is there any
> > official or defacto standard on how the 2 should interact?

> I don't know, but it seems to me that least surprise requires that
> using -rv always produce the reverse from what you'd get from the same
> invocation without the -rv.

The X Toolkit takes a different approach.  It defines reverse video to be
"swap the default foreground and background colors."  Read: White on Black.
If explicit colors are specified then the reverse video argument is overriden
by the explicit color declarations.

This is a close to a "standard" in this area as X is going to get.  Since all
toolkit applications do it this way you may want to be compatible with it.


						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

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