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Re: [PATCH] Support 24-bit terminal colors.
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Charles Strahan |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH] Support 24-bit terminal colors. |
Date: |
Mon, 19 Sep 2016 00:32:32 -0400 |
On Wed, Aug 31, 2016, at 10:39 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> > Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:42:39 -0400
> > Cc: address@hidden, address@hidden
> >
> > 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.
>
> That was suggested on the ncurses list.
>
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 Ylimäki 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.
>
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-Charles
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