Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2001 11:28:07 +0200 From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: escape sequence for 'Ic' terminal capability Message-ID: <20010109112807.F2550@ringworld.oblivion.bg> In-Reply-To: <200101090924.SAA09223@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>; from yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp on Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 06:24:30PM %2B0900 References: <20010109100501.C2550@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <200101090832.RAA08905@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> <20010109103434.E2550@ringworld.oblivion.bg> <200101090924.SAA09223@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp>
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On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 06:24:30PM +0900, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > > >On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 05:32:29PM +0900, Kazutaka YOKOTA wrote: > >> syscons is already capable of changing forground and background colors > >> via escape sequences. Is it not sufficient for your intended > >> application? > >> > >> Kazu > >> > > > >Since I received the same question in private mail more than once, > >I guess I'll have to clarify. What I'm after is not exactly color > >changes, but *palette* changes - changing the RGB/HLS components > >of an existing color index, in order to display a new color. > > > >I'm writing a full-screen interactive console application (and yes, > >it has to be a console app for many reasons). One of the design > >requirements is a customizable palette, so users can have some say > >about what they'll be staring at for hours day after day :) > > In that case, have you looked at ioctls defined in /usr/include/sys/fbio.h: > FBIO_GETPALETTE and FBIO_SETPALETTE? > > Kazu Yes, I have, and I'm considering reusing that code, or possibly calling it. However, I still wonder why there isn't an escape sequence interface - kinda hard to specify ioctl's in termcap(5) :) -- G'luck, Peter -- This inert sentence is my body, but my soul is alive, dancing in the sparks of your brain. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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