Re: 256 colors

[Peder Stray]

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Peder Stray wrote:

> How can i tell if the screen i am using really understands 256 colors or 
> not? i try 'tput 39' both within screen and outside, both actually send 
> \e[38;5;39m (light blue) as it should, but it seens screen translates it 
> to \e[34m (blue).  tput colors report 256 both within and outside 
> screen.

This for a remote screen inside a screen that actuall knows 256-colors, 
with TERM set to screen before starting screen. Running a testprogram it 
seems that this inner screen knows only of the first 8 colors.  Changing 
TERM to xterm-256color and then starting screen i seems to know abount 16 
colors instead.  Both termacpentries specify 256 colors, and their diff 
seems to mostly include key definitions.

> any ideas?

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  Peder Stray