Re: [PATCH v2 0/2] Invert margin colors when terminal is inverted

[Alan Cox]

On Mon, 31 Jul 2017 14:09:43 -0500
David Lechner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> This is v2 of "fbcon: Use background color for marginsâ"[1].
> 
> It turns out that using the text background color was not a good choice. So,
> I've started over.

Can you explain why making the margins simply match the border colour
(when possible) isn't a better option ? They are after all simply
software extensions to the border.

Alan