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 16:55:44 -0700 Message-ID: References: <4B9B03BEE43E44B79206302B26E01B3A@us.oracle.com> <83r5vro3po.fsf@gnu.org> <363A8C50DA1A48399649F2A7C5336AD3@us.oracle.com> <4A78BD5A.8040901@gnu.org> <4A78C76C.7010001@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 1249430829 13498 80.91.229.12 (5 Aug 2009 00:07:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 00:07:09 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 4033@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: "'Jason Rumney'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 05 02:07:02 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 1MYU20-0002Rj-5y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Aug 2009 02:07:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55753 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MYU1z-0002LJ-Dq for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:06:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MYU1u-0002HX-Mg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:06:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MYU1q-00026O-0S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:06:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56794 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MYU1p-00026D-TM for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:06:49 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:55604) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MYU1p-0007w0-6p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 20:06:49 -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 n7506lJe003635; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:06:47 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n75056Ux002826; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:05:06 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: "Drew Adams" Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:05:06 +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=B4033.12494301612097 (code B ref 4033); Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:05:06 +0000 Original-Received: (at 4033) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 4 Aug 2009 23:56:01 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from rgminet11.oracle.com (rcsinet11.oracle.com [148.87.113.123]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n74NtvlE002090 for <4033@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:55:58 -0700 Original-Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com (acsinet15.oracle.com [141.146.126.227]) by rgminet11.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n74Nue8p008142 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK); Tue, 4 Aug 2009 23:56:41 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt005.oracle.com (abhmt005.oracle.com [141.146.116.14]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.3.1/Switch-3.3.1) with ESMTP id n74NuCsC030712; Tue, 4 Aug 2009 23:56:12 GMT Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/141.144.224.78) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:55:47 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: AcoVXYkcjQPgPIPQSm+RQqKUscN9uQAAOaRQ In-Reply-To: <4A78C76C.7010001@gnu.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5579 X-Source-IP: abhmt005.oracle.com [141.146.116.14] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A010205.4A78CA84.0085: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 20:06:54 -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:29882 Archived-At: > > See my reply to Juri. I'd be grateful for clarification. > > What's the point of having `display-color-cells' tell me > > that I have, say 16777216 colors available, > > if that's not really the case as far as Emacs is concerned? > > 16777216 = 2^24 = 2^(3*8): #RRGGBB = 16^6: 6 hex digits, yes. OK, so that says that my display only handles 8 bits per component. But what about this? > > Doesn't 16-bits per component mean 4 hex digits per component? > > IOW, #RRRRGGGGBBBB (internally). IOW, even if my particular display only supports 2 hex digits per component, if Emacs supports 16 bits per component internally, doesn't that mean that it supports up to #RRRRGGGGBBBB?