Re: 256 colors

[Peder Stray]

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Robert Anderson wrote:

> On 7/31/07, Peder Stray <address@hidden> wrote:
> > On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Robert Anderson wrote:
> >
> > > On 7/30/07, Peder Stray <address@hidden> 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
> > >
> > > http://www.cs.rice.edu/~scrosby/software/tf256color/src/256colors2.pl
> >
> > well yes, but that doesn't really tell if screen actually supports 
> > 256-colors does it?
>
> Either you see the 256 colors or you don't.  That answers your question: 
> "How can i tell if the screen i am using really understands 256 colors 
> or not?"

Well, no... it tells wheter screen thinks my terminal understands 256 
colors or not by visual inspection.

> But I think what you are asking is a different question:  whether or not 
> it can support 256 colors.  I don't know.

I know it understands the 38;5;<num>m escape, since it actually maps to a 
similar-looking color in the 8 or 16 color space.  but why does it not 
send them on?  As i said, both my screen and xterm-256color terminfo 
entries says the understand 256 colors and have setaf-enties to match.

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  Peder Stray