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Re: Emacs 256 color support.
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Thomas Dickey |
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Re: Emacs 256 color support. |
Date: |
Wed, 8 Oct 2003 06:27:00 -0400 |
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On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 01:01:32AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Josh Howard <address@hidden>
> > Date: 07 Oct 2003 15:56:09 -0700
> >
> > Originally in my termcap, Co was incorrect. I set it to 256 and now
> > the problem is not fixed, though display-color-cells DOES return 256
> > colors as it probably should.
> >
> > > So fixing Co fixed the problem?
> >
> > Not if the problem is defined as seeing 256 colors in Emacs. It just
> > makes the color list longer, though all of the new colors do nothing.
>
> "Do nothing" meaning what, exactly? That you don't see any more
> colors, only their names?
>
> Anyway, if Co was incorrect, it probably means the comands to produce
> the extra colors (beyond the normal 16) are also wrong.
>
> I'd suggest to check the way you built and installed your xterm. It's
> been a long time since I tried that myself, but IIRC, if you go by the
> README, you get a 256-color capable xterm with no reason to fiddle
> with termcap entries.
I'm assuming he's using a termcap that does the corresponding set foreground
and background strings. That would be something like
:AB=\E[48;5;%dm:\
:AF=\E[38;5;%dm:
Just changing the number of colors won't do much.
--
Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
ftp://invisible-island.net
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Josh Howard, 2003/10/01
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Eli Zaretskii, 2003/10/07
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Josh Howard, 2003/10/07
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Eli Zaretskii, 2003/10/07
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Josh Howard, 2003/10/07
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Eli Zaretskii, 2003/10/07
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Josh Howard, 2003/10/07
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Eli Zaretskii, 2003/10/08
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Josh Howard, 2003/10/08
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Eli Zaretskii, 2003/10/08
- Re: Emacs 256 color support.,
Thomas Dickey <=
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Josh Howard, 2003/10/08
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Thomas Dickey, 2003/10/08
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Richard Stallman, 2003/10/10
- Re: Emacs 256 color support., Thomas Dickey, 2003/10/10