Re: Emacs 256 color support.

[Thomas Dickey]

On Wed, Oct 08, 2003 at 01:01:32AM +0200, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> > From: Josh Howard <address@hidden>
> > Date: 07 Oct 2003 15:56:09 -0700
> > 
> > Originally in my termcap, Co was incorrect. I set it to 256 and now
> > the problem is not fixed, though display-color-cells DOES return 256
> > colors as it probably should.
> > 
> > > So fixing Co fixed the problem?
> > 
> > Not if the problem is defined as seeing 256 colors in Emacs. It just
> > makes the color list longer, though all of the new colors do nothing.
> 
> "Do nothing" meaning what, exactly?  That you don't see any more
> colors, only their names?
> 
> Anyway, if Co was incorrect, it probably means the comands to produce
> the extra colors (beyond the normal 16) are also wrong.
> 
> I'd suggest to check the way you built and installed your xterm.  It's
> been a long time since I tried that myself, but IIRC, if you go by the
> README, you get a 256-color capable xterm with no reason to fiddle
> with termcap entries.

I'm assuming he's using a termcap that does the corresponding set foreground
and background strings.  That would be something like

        :AB=\E[48;5;%dm:\
        :AF=\E[38;5;%dm:

Just changing the number of colors won't do much.

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