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[Thomas Dickey <dickey@xxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 2 Nov 2010, Zenaan Harkness wrote:

> Second:
>>> The following shell code disables bold (overstrike) fonts in xterm:
>>> echo -e "\e[1mA\e[2J\e[7mB\e[m\e[?5h\e[?5l"
>>
>> well... that doesn't disable bold fonts.
>
> Actually, this does disable overstrike (sometimes called bold) fonts.
>
> May be it's not meant to, but it does, so your words are incorrect and/
> or based on false assumptions. This solution has been working for me for
> 2 to 3 years.

I'm curious what you're seeing.  I tested it last night, found that it 
didn't work.  (I tested it with ncurses' test-screen 'b', found that I 
still got overstruck bold...).

> Please see the following URLs:
>
> http://superuser.com/questions/15226/how-do-i-make-xterm-not-use-bold

...which in turn refers you to

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=347790

(lacking a mechanism by which the "flash", etc., can make xterm stop
using the screen->enbolden flag, I don't have much to go on).

-- 
Thomas E. Dickey
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-- 
xterm rendering this font real ugly
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/44630
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