From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jason Rumney Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4033: 23.1; list-colors-display is misleading Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:57:10 +0800 Message-ID: <4A792D46.2080700@gnu.org> References: <4B9B03BEE43E44B79206302B26E01B3A@us.oracle.com> <83r5vro3po.fsf@gnu.org> <363A8C50DA1A48399649F2A7C5336AD3@us.oracle.com> <4A78BD5A.8040901@gnu.org> <4A78C76C.7010001@gnu.org> <83k51jndwh.fsf@gnu.org> <33BD7D8E8A9A4543ABDC21D7A5042CEA@us.oracle.com> Reply-To: Jason Rumney , 4033@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249456652 31765 80.91.229.12 (5 Aug 2009 07:17:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 07:17:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4033@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 05 09:17:24 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MYakV-0004kO-PD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:17:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56931 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MYakU-0004Ct-MY for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:17:22 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MYakR-0004CC-CJ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:17:19 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MYakM-00049c-R8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:17:19 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=47383 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MYakM-00049Z-NI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:17:14 -0400 Original-Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:41115) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MYakM-00009f-6u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:17:14 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MYakL-0000Ae-J9 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:17:13 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n7576lCo008706; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 00:06:47 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n75754RP007893; Wed, 5 Aug 2009 00:05:04 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Jason Rumney Original-Sender: Jason Rumney Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:05:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 4033 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 4033-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B4033.12494554807200 (code B ref 4033); Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:05:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4033) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 5 Aug 2009 06:58:00 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. 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([61.4.103.130]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id c20sm921663rvf.1.2009.08.04.23.57.51 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:57:53 -0700 (PDT) User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) In-Reply-To: <33BD7D8E8A9A4543ABDC21D7A5042CEA@us.oracle.com> X-Detected-Operating-System: by mx20.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) Resent-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 03:17:18 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:29896 Archived-At: Drew Adams wrote: > The idea then is to have Emacs use an RGB format that is appropriate for the > user's display. If the display supports 8 bits per component, it would show > #RRGGBB. If the display supports 16 bits per component, it would show > #RRRRGGGGBBBB. If the display supports 12 bits per component, it would show > #RRRGGGBBB. > The number of displays supporting more than 8 bits per component is so miniscule that I don't think it is really worth worrying about. I'm also not sure what display-color-cells reports on Windows 7 with 30, 36 or 48 bit color output enabled. If it reports anything > 2^24, then it does not reflect reality, which is that the standard Windows API's do not support more than 8 bits per component.