From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Charles Strahan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [PATCH] Support 24-bit terminal colors. Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:32:32 -0400 Message-ID: <1474259552.1272332.729720513.023EF9A3@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1472590548-30876-1-git-send-email-rami.ylimaki@vincit.fi> <1905e0be-2a5f-d903-2b33-8dada2b2997a@dancol.org> <244a5e4c-f673-6d5c-1dec-4db490c46562@gmail.com> <5c00cdae-fb0a-6b36-ee0b-60cb5e3f3125@dancol.org> <83mvjsfin5.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1474259614 16253 195.159.176.226 (19 Sep 2016 04:33:34 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 04:33:34 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Sep 19 06:33:28 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1blqGd-0002mo-R6 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 06:33:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:52760 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blqGS-0000LI-Vt for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:33:09 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33546) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blqGH-0000JY-Jp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:33:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blqGD-0002zf-SF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:32:57 -0400 Original-Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:41129) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1blqGB-0002vS-E6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:32:53 -0400 Original-Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.internal [10.202.2.44]) by mailout.nyi.internal (Postfix) with ESMTP id A87B52053B for ; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:32:32 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from web3 ([10.202.2.213]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:32:32 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cstrahan.com; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=hj5rrBLvmu65e2NoG0mUV0ipXIQ=; b=ssoBrP IhmHvfZdDYVtxy9FAjHQIctSzYa+7VfMyyVdJm6em/KkFtNffhTouIMikAfnRmuC 7hmGT2ETs38O5R+VsE2cOft/nNTrFf0lRPu+vP9GKHuyZ1DNfoTBGHodqsyk+k3N 2ogUEP8gVAKjI5/KunMd2LvT9KrvRGK7K2uuo= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=hj5rrBLvmu65e2N oG0mUV0ipXIQ=; b=gjAjuU7mRDZutD2tRQNtAOQUCZs89wMHOeTnE4r13SEFhkD hxRQJ/Kstz8GUdptJ4q2ZAmSv6Js0qSvQea3d3tSs9XOvVJ0jDvGE5SVPjrj1bnC 9IlLTDRzgKgQu6EmONR5dqST9L+tcJHPev+wtwfmFsgx/ooKKBM0++rO5dtM= Original-Received: by mailuser.nyi.internal (Postfix, from userid 99) id 70EE52E0A0; Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:32:32 -0400 (EDT) X-Sasl-Enc: 8cROnKHgze2feWZVgcW3N6PqV3olJaUADgVW7SKxWe8C 1474259552 X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-e7f54b57 In-Reply-To: <83mvjsfin5.fsf@gnu.org> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 66.111.4.26 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:207597 Archived-At: On Wed, Aug 31, 2016, at 10:39 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > From: Richard Stallman > > Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:42:39 -0400 > > Cc: clement.pit@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org > >=20 > > Perhaps we should define a way to use termcap or terminfo to > > specify whether the terminal supports 24-bit color > > and call on terminals to state their capabilities this way. >=20 > That was suggested on the ncurses list. >=20 Regrettably, It would appear that the likelihood of that happening is close to 0% (https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2016-08/msg00036.html): > On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 06:40:47PM +0300, Rami Ylim=C3=A4ki wrote: >> Hi, >> >> According to [1], 24-bit terminals have become a de facto standard. > > The source is worthless. > >> [1] https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728 > >> [2] https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-ncurses/2013-10/msg00007.html > > and the conclusion is unchanged. > > end of discussion. > > -- > Thomas E. Dickey >=C2=A0http://invisible-island.net >=C2=A0ftp://invisible-island.net -Charles