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Terminfo: 24-Bit/3-byte Color Support
From: |
Rüdiger Sonderfeld |
Subject: |
Terminfo: 24-Bit/3-byte Color Support |
Date: |
Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:06:26 +0200 |
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KMail/4.10.5 (Linux/3.8.0-30-generic; KDE/4.10.5; x86_64; ; ) |
Hello,
it seems that some terminals now support for 24-bit RGB color values. It seem
to have started with KDE's Konsole[1]. But iTerm.app is adding support in the
next release as well[2]. Terminfo should provide a way to support 24-bit RGB
colors.
As far as I see it, the best approach would be to add new variable `setrgbf'
and `setrgbb'. And potentially CMY/CMYK versions.
E.g., the entries could look like
konsole+24bit|KDE console 24bit/3byte RGB color feature,
colors#16777216,
setrgbf=\E[38;2;#1%d;#2%d;#3%dm,
setrgbb=\E[48;2;#1%d;#2%d;#3%dm,
use=xterm+256color,
konsole-24bit|KDE console with 24bit/3byte RGB color support,
use=konsole+256color, use=konsole+24bit,
iTerm.app-24bit|iTerm.app with 24bit/3byte RGB color support,
use=iTerm.app, usekonsole+24bit,
[1]
https://projects.kde.org/projects/kde/applications/konsole/repository/revisions/master/raw/doc/user/README.moreColors
[2] https://code.google.com/p/iterm2/issues/detail?id=218
Regards,
Rüdiger
- Terminfo: 24-Bit/3-byte Color Support,
Rüdiger Sonderfeld <=