[Mono-bugs] [Bug 80330][Nor] Changed - TermInfoDriver ForegroundColor and BackgroundColor don't reflect initial colors

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Changed by moritz.kroll at gmx.de.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=80330

--- shadow/80330	2007-03-06 00:55:38.000000000 -0500
+++ shadow/80330.tmp.28856	2007-03-06 15:39:35.000000000 -0500
@@ -76,6 +76,59 @@
 
 ------- Additional Comments From miguel at ximian.com  2007-03-06 00:55 -------
 The idea seems ok, but the problem is that applications might be
 confused to get a color that is not the same as the original one.
 
 Maybe we should assume that the "original" color is the pseudo color?
+
+------- Additional Comments From Moritz.Kroll at gmx.de  2007-03-06 15:39 -------
+Well, in the case described above, the application is already 
+confused, as it writes unreadable text ;)
+The pseudo color could also cause problems, if an application wants 
+to use different color sets for some output depending on the users 
+color configuration.
+
+Another way would be to see it from this point of view: The console 
+user didn't define the foreground and background color, but how white 
+and black should look like. Then the appropriate color could 
+be "restored" when you set white for foreground or black for 
+background (the other color (background/foreground) has to be set 
+again after restoring). However this causes problems if you set white 
+for background or black for foreground, as we can't set the correct 
+color there. Or is there a way to swap foreground and background 
+color with term?
+Still, with this "solution" you wouldn't be able to get real black 
+and white colors...
+
+Is there really no way in Linux/Unix to get the current foreground 
+and background colors?? I hoped somebody would know a way as I don't 
+know much about term.
+
+I just tried the following test on Windows with .NET and Mono 
+1.1.16.1 (I know it's old):
+
+            Console.WriteLine("Foreground color: " + 
+Console.ForegroundColor);
+            Console.WriteLine("Background color: " + 
+Console.BackgroundColor);
+            Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Magenta;
+            Console.BackgroundColor = ConsoleColor.Black;
+            Console.WriteLine("Magenta on black");
+
+The output on .NET and Mono on Windows is identical.
+The first run of this program outputs
+
+Foreground color: Gray
+Background color: Black
+Magenta on black
+
+where the last line appears in magenta on black and the second run
+
+Foreground color: Magenta
+Background color: Black
+Magenta on black
+
+where everything appears in magenta on black.
+Also if you change the console colors manually (using the window 
+properties) the program outputs the correct colors (on Windows).
+So here any application would be correcly able to use a color set 
+compatible to the user specified fore- and background colors.