Re: Why min-colors 88?

[Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com>]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

> >>> Can anyone explain the magic number 88 to me? Why is this used
> >>> throughout Emacs? Why is this the default generated when
> >>> customizing a face (on devices with lots of colors)?
> >> 
> >> Because there's an 88-color xterm whose color set is rich enough to
> >> support all the colors we use in Emacs' faces.
> 
> > Or in other words, Emacs' has 88 faces?
> 
> Well, 88 foreground * 88 background * 2 slants * 2 darknesses * a bunch of
> sizes * a handful of fonts (* 89 colors of underlining * ...) is slightly
> more than 88.
> Then add to it the fact that many faces are identical.

Whoops, I meant to say 88 different colors in all of its faces.

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