Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2001 02:46:04 +0300 (MSK) From: "Aleksandr A.Babaylov" <babolo@links.ru> To: roam@orbitel.bg (Peter Pentchev) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: escape sequence for 'Ic' terminal capability Message-ID: <200101312346.CAA08888@aaz.links.ru> In-Reply-To: <20010201012016.A9412@ringworld.oblivion.bg> from "Peter Pentchev" at "Feb 1, 1 01:20:17 am"
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Peter Pentchev writes:
> On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 10:05:01AM +0200, Peter Pentchev wrote:
> > I'm thinking of messing with the syscons ioctl handler to allow setting
> > of color values - all EGA- and VGA-compatible video controllers allow this.
> > The idea is to later define my termcap(5) entry to let ncurses deal with
> > color setting.
> >
> > termcap(5) lists the 'cc' - 'can change color' and 'Ic' - 'initialize color'
> > capabilities. Setting the boolean 'cc' is easy, 'Ic' however presents a bit
> > of a problem to me - does anyone know what it is set to on any other terms
> > so I can keep a bit of compatibility here, or do I just randomly pick an esc
> > sequence, and lead on a happy existence until someone else defines this same
> > esc sequence to do something else? :)
>
> OK, since I started this thread, I got several suggestions, mainly
> pointing me at the FBIO_{GET,SET}PALETTE console ioctl's. I still
> need the 'Ic' capability to transfer the color information across
> network connections (yes, both machines will be running fbsd with
> identical kernel/userland local mods).
>
> So my original question still stands: has anybody seen the 'Ic'
> capability actually used in some OS's termcap, so I can borrow
> the sequence with an eye on compatiblity, or has 'Ic' been just
> a nice idea that nobody has bothered to implement?
Look at http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/terminfo/
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