[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #57658] grey text color after error message in gui console (Octave 5.1.90)

[Hartmut]

URL:
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                 Summary: grey text color after error message in gui console
(Octave 5.1.90)
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: hardy
            Submitted on: Thu 23 Jan 2020 08:45:16 AM UTC
                Category: GUI
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: Inaccurate Result
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
                 Release: other
        Operating System: Microsoft Windows

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Details:

I have observed the following in Octave 5.1.90 (and not in Octave 5.1.0). I
have seen this under Windows 10, but am unsure if it also happens under Linux.


Here is how to reproduce the behavior:

* start the Octave GUI (for information on CLI see below)
* do something that starts a compilation which will throw an error, maybe a
"mkoctfile ..." will do, I used a "pkg install ...".
* the error message will be displayed in nice and useful colors 
* at the end of the error message the text will turn to grey color (I am
unsure if this is intentional)
* but afterwards, the text color will not return to black and STAY IN GRAY
text color. This looks wrong.

In CLI Octave this looks alright, the very error will also be displayed in
(red and green) color, and afterwards the text color returns to white on
black.

I will attach screenshots to show the colorful behavior.

(This might also happen in dev Octave, I haven't tested for it.)



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Date: Thu 23 Jan 2020 08:45:16 AM UTC  Name:
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Date: Thu 23 Jan 2020 08:45:16 AM UTC  Name:
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Date: Thu 23 Jan 2020 08:45:16 AM UTC  Name:
error@in@5.1.0@GUI=@black+white.png  Size: 50KiB   By: hardy

<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=48277>

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