micro-editor / micro-editor/micro
Italic on Windows
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Description
Description of the problem or steps to reproduce
Micro does not show italic text on Windows. The same configuration on Linux shows text correctly
color-link comment "italic #525252,#14161b"
Windows:

Linux:

Specifications
Commit hash: 225927b9
OS: Linux
Terminal: Tilix
Commit hash: 225927b9
OS: Windows
Terminal: Windows Terminal Preview and standard console (conhost.exe)
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Research direction
Reproduce the italic color-link configuration on Windows Terminal and conhost.exe, then compare it with the Linux behavior described in the issue. Trace the terminal rendering path responsible for italic text and verify that the same configuration displays italic text correctly on both Windows terminals without regressing Linux behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- cli, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 40/100