>From de89bf2966f7df67356b1b68d4176c9af258db22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden>
Date: Sat, 6 Jan 2018 12:01:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] color: translate 'bright' to a different color when not
 on a console

---
 src/nano.c   | 10 +++++-----
 src/rcfile.c |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/nano.c b/src/nano.c
index 7a8caf86..64e523a8 100644
--- a/src/nano.c
+++ b/src/nano.c
@@ -1980,6 +1980,11 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		{NULL, 0, NULL, 0}
 	};
 
+#ifdef __linux__
+	/* Check whether we're running on a Linux console. */
+	console = (getenv("DISPLAY") == NULL);
+#endif
+
 	/* Back up the terminal settings so that they can be restored. */
 	tcgetattr(0, &oldterm);
 
@@ -2471,11 +2476,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	/* Set up the terminal state. */
 	terminal_init();
 
-#ifdef __linux__
-	/* Check whether we're running on a Linux console. */
-	console = (getenv("DISPLAY") == NULL);
-#endif
-
 #ifdef DEBUG
 	fprintf(stderr, "Main: set up windows\n");
 #endif
diff --git a/src/rcfile.c b/src/rcfile.c
index eec65440..4947a28e 100644
--- a/src/rcfile.c
+++ b/src/rcfile.c
@@ -768,6 +768,11 @@ bool parse_color_names(char *combostr, short *fg, short *bg, bool *bright)
 		/* If the specified foreground color is bad, ignore the regexes. */
 		if (*fg == -1)
 			return FALSE;
+
+		if (*bright && !console) {
+			*fg += 8;
+			*bright = FALSE;
+		}
 	} else
 		*fg = -1;
 
-- 
2.14.3