Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 16:26:59 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
cc: Ruiter de M <mdruiter AT cs DOT vu DOT nl>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Info sets blink-bit
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On Fri, 3 Jul 1998, Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) wrote:

> Hmmm... if JED needs 16 background colors the JED MUST ensure that's 
> available and don't assume that's available all the time. In the PC 
> world you can't assume that.

I agree that it's JED's responsibility to restore whatever video state
it needs to keep.

> Anyways, Eli can modify this small thing in info but soon or later 
> you'll found a program that makes the same stuff. 

I will have to look into it, but if there is a bug, it is in the
library, not in Info.  Info doesn't manipulate the blink bit in any
way.  So Info is not the one whose code should be changed.

> In RHIDE you have an option to select 16 colors or blinking. RHIDE 
> restores the original state.

So does Emacs.