Re: Emacs 256 color support.

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Josh Howard <address@hidden>
> Date: 07 Oct 2003 16:15:58 -0700
> 
> > > 
> > > > 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?
> 
> By "Do nothing" I mean, if I were to hit tab and attempt to complete
> the list of colors available for a face, I'll see something like this:
> Possible completions are:
> black                              blue
> brightblack                        brightblue
> brightcyan                         brightgreen
> brightmagenta                      brightred
> brightwhite                        brightyellow
> color-100                          color-101
> color-102                          color-103
> ....
> color-96                           color-97
> color-98                           color-99
> cyan                               green
> magenta                            red
> white                              yellow
> 
> Where those color-# goes from color-16 to color-255.
> 
> Selecting one of these colors, say, color-200 results in the color of
> the face being white, as if nothing had happened.

What do you see if you type "M-x list-colors-display RET"?