Re: demo stuff

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Saturday 21 August 2004 01:23 am, you wrote:
>  > term->option() does not actually *do*
> > anything; it just loads some fields in the terminal data structures.
>
> Which term->option() in particular are you speaking of?  There are
> dozens of them, each a bit different.

I looked at all of them, and saw a potential problem only in svg.trm.
But I freely admit that it's possible I missed something; that's why I
asked if you had a particular terminal type or bit of code in mind as
a problem area.

All the critical (order-dependent) code seems to be in term->init(), 
rather than term->options().   If this wasn't intentional, then it's a 
lucky coincidence.  Either way, calling term->options looks safe to me.   

Furthermore, I have modified the code in set_termoptions() to call
only those terminal drivers that actually support the option in 
question ('set term font ..' or 'set term {no}enhanced').   
So the term->options() of most drivers will not be called even if
you do issue a 'set termoption' command.

Nevertheless, if there is indeed a fundamental problem with
this approach I can back off to some other mechanism that is
specific to enabling enhanced text mode.

-- 
Ethan A Merritt