Re: [Nano-devel] [PATCH] bright colors without bold

[Benno Schulenberg]

Op 09-02-18 om 23:02 schreef Brand Huntsman:
> On Fri, 9 Feb 2018 20:13:03 +0100 Benno Schulenberg <address@hidden>
> wrote:
> > It sets A_BOLD, yes, but on an 8-color terminal A_BOLD just brightens the
> > color, it doesn't change the character to use boldface.  At least, as far as
> > I can see on my Linux console, where A_BOLD only brightens white, not the
> > other colors.
>
> So because your terminal doesn't bold, no other 8-color only terminals are
> capable of bold?

Do you know of any?

But even if you do, the comment isn't right: often the effect of A_BOLD
is to make the color brighter, not to show the character in boldface.

> The default linux console colors defined in the kernel are easily
> distinguishable, perhaps your distro has modified them in
> /sys/module/vt/parameters.
>
> cat /sys/module/vt/parameters/default_[bgr]*

$ cat /sys/module/vt/parameters/default_[bgr]*
1,43,74,6,184,113,233,204,128,0,0,0,255,255,255,255
1,56,181,199,111,38,181,204,128,0,255,255,0,0,255,255
1,222,57,255,0,118,44,204,128,255,0,255,0,255,0,255

For red and blue, I have to put my nose to the screen to see the
difference between normal and bright.  For yellow, green, cyan,
and magenta the difference is obvious.

Benno