From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Terminal colors Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:31:24 +0100 Message-ID: References: <41FC864E.5040708@netspace.net.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1107078894 31225 80.91.229.6 (30 Jan 2005 09:54:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 09:54:54 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 30 10:54:44 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1CvBn2-0002Jr-00 for ; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:54:44 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CvBze-0003wU-Qh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 05:07:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CvBoy-0000k6-DL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 04:56:44 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1CvBov-0000jF-6g for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 04:56:42 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1CvBot-0000ce-Oj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 04:56:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.224] (helo=smtp06.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1CvBQY-00033d-Lb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 04:31:31 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.184.128.254] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp06.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.103 #192) id 1CvBQW-0002dL-00; Sun, 30 Jan 2005 10:31:28 +0100 In-Reply-To: <41FC864E.5040708@netspace.net.au> Original-To: Russell Shaw X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:23750 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:23750 Am 30.01.2005 um 08:01 schrieb Russell Shaw: > In an xterm, color scheme "dark blue" gives a pale washed out > blue background. Is this because the xterm is only 8 colors? Not necessarily. Xterm is usually restricted to the eight ANSI colours.=20= And the color-there.el package is meant for GNU Emacs running freely as=20= an X11 client. > What would be a good xfree86 terminal emulator with plenty of > colors? This month there was a thread about more than eight colours in an=20 xterm. It needs a hacked termcap/terminfo entry and, if memory serves=20 me well, a CVS version of GNU Emacs. Both, fetching GNU Emacs from CVS,=20= configuring and making it plus more than eight ANSI colours can be=20 found in the archives, January 2005. -- Mit friedvollen Gr=FC=DFen Pete There's no place like ~ (UNIX Guru)