Re: Emacs 256 color support.

[Josh Howard]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

> > 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"?

A very long list of colors sort of related the above:

black                 black
red                   red 
green                 green 
yellow                yellow
blue                  blue
magenta               magenta
cyan                  cyan
white                 white
brightblack           brightblack
brightred             brightred
brightgreen           brightgreen
brightyellow          brightyellow
brightblue            brightblue
brightmagenta         brightmagenta
brightcyan            brightcyan
brightwhite           brightwhite
color-16              color-16
color-17              color-17
...
color-255             color-255

Save for black, red, green, yellow, blue, magenta and cyan, all of
the rest of the colors are displayed as white. The aforementioned
colors are shown as their proper color, with the first column using it
as a background and the second it being the foreground. color-16, 17,
etc etc. are all just white foreground on default background.


-- 
Josh Howard <address@hidden>