Date: Sat, 5 Apr 1997 13:48:32 +0400 (MSD) From: =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.ru> To: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: modify termcap to support both A[FB] and S[fb]... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970405134306.288A-100000@nagual.ru> In-Reply-To: <19970404235636.44208@hydrogen.nike.efn.org>
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On Fri, 4 Apr 1997, John-Mark Gurney wrote: > > Sb (setb) stays as "set background color" > > AB (setab) stays as "set ANSI background color" > > > > similar things for Sf/AF > > could you point me to the document which says this?? I like to make sure > this is the case... all terminfo_examples.doc says is: > set_a_foreground "setaf" str "AF" > or > set_foreground "setf" str "Sf" man terminfo in SVr4 and ncurses include/Caps (not FreeBSD version) > > The difference is that S* entries could put any color (like user-defined) > > while A* entries restricts to ANSI colors only. > > hmm... but what about the terminals were you define the colors to be ansi > colors (like I've almost done with my tek)... also.. do you propose to > make ALL applications understand the difference between the two?? I mean termcap way of redefining colors only (this capability usually taking 3 parameters like RGB or HSL) > you CAN change the console's colors... maybe not through anything that > FreeBSD provides... but you can do this... So, it will be your responsibility... > also.. are you going to update ansi's entry too?? All incorrect Sf/Sb just changed to AF/AB, I don't add new ones. -- Andrey A. Chernov <ache@null.net> http://www.nagual.ru/~ache/
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