From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#4033: 23.1; list-colors-display is misleading Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 12:58:59 -0700 Message-ID: <5AC3B6D3FF8F4A9785E27250474FEE3B@us.oracle.com> References: <4B9B03BEE43E44B79206302B26E01B3A@us.oracle.com> <83r5vro3po.fsf@gnu.org> <363A8C50DA1A48399649F2A7C5336AD3@us.oracle.com> <83ljlznz1n.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Drew Adams , 4033@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249417063 8928 80.91.229.12 (4 Aug 2009 20:17:43 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 20:17:43 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4033@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: "'Eli Zaretskii'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 04 22:17:36 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 1MYQRz-0004dK-6p for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:17:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54044 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MYQRy-0001u4-KW for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:17:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MYQRd-0001io-Pk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:17:13 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MYQRZ-0001gL-EL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:17:13 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49229 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MYQRZ-0001gA-6R for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:17:09 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:35264) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MYQRY-00078H-Do for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:17:08 -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 n74K6lbx014120; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 13:06:47 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n74K58Kw013473; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 13:05:08 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:05:08 +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=B4033.124941595312539 (code B ref 4033); Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:05:08 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4033) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 4 Aug 2009 19:59:13 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from acsinet12.oracle.com (acsinet12.oracle.com [141.146.126.234]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n74Jx9Yp012523 for <4033@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 12:59:10 -0700 Original-Received: from rgminet15.oracle.com (rcsinet15.oracle.com [148.87.113.117]) by acsinet12.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n74Jwb0T014068 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 4 Aug 2009 19:58:38 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt013.oracle.com (abhmt013.oracle.com [141.146.116.22]) by rgminet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n74Jx0PQ014403; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 19:59:01 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.160.20) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:58:58 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 In-Reply-To: <83ljlznz1n.fsf@gnu.org> Thread-Index: AcoVPDhI9hhpUyfiToG1dTJGoNtpsgAAQ+qw X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: abhmt013.oracle.com [141.146.116.22] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090203.4A789303.0190:SCFSTAT5015188,ss=1,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:17:13 -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:29868 Archived-At: > > BTW, if what you say is the case, then it is all the more > > unfortunate, since `color-values' returns values up to > > 65535 (or 65280, for some platforms). That's > > 16 ** 4, which means that each color component can be > > represented by up to 4 hex digits: #RRRRGGGGBBBB. > > That's one reason I've always assumed that up to 4 hex > > digits were handled by Emacs. > > Maybe it's too late and my brain is already asleep, but isn't 65535 > 2^16-1, i.e. the largest 16-bit number? I might be asleep too, though it's not late here. ;-) Yes, 65535 is 2^16 - 1. And it is also 16^4 - 1. 16^4 means four hex digits. FFFF is 65535. So if we have color values from 0 to 65535 inclusive, then we ought to be able to treat hex codes from 0000 to FFFF also. Four hex digits for each color component: R, G, and B.