Re: [Nano-devel] [PATCH] bright colors without bold

[Benno Schulenberg]

Op 23-01-18 om 02:48 schreef Brand Huntsman:
> With index colors patch, it is possible to use 8-15 for bright foreground and
> background colors. But if you then switch to linux console nano will complain
> and ignore the color command.

When an index is above the number of colors that the terminal supports, nano
should simply bring the index into range: blank the upper bits.

> The first patch adds a "brightisnotbold" command that changes the behavior of
> the bright prefix on named colors. If used in nanorc it only applies to colors
> used in the global scope, currently only UI colors. When used in a syntax, it
> alters all color commands below it.

Bright should never mean bold.  Bright should stop meaning also bold, as it
does now.

> Second patch adds a new ! prefix to make bright colors.

No.  "!" means "not"; to make it mean something else is confusing.

Benno