martin@duskware.de said:
> The original PR this commit fixed is about *background* colour and sun
> emulation.

So the driver (or rasops) could use the whitest white colormap entry
if WSCOL_WHITE is requested as background. And still something dimmer
if used as foreground.

> HILIT does only modify the foreground colour.

Strictly speaking, this is the driver's choice. It looks best if the
character itself is brighter than the others of course.

best regards
Matthias