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Re: min-colors 88


From: Eli Zaretskii
Subject: Re: min-colors 88
Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:49:53 +0200

> Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 12:43:04 +0100 (CET)
> From: fatiparty@tutanota.com
> Cc: Help Gnu Emacs <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> Jan 27, 2022, 23:01 by eliz@gnu.org:
> 
> >> 4-bit, 16 colours
> >>  8-bit, 256 colours
> >> 16-bit, 65,000 colours
> >>
> >
> > There's no meaningful number of pixels that correspond to 88 colors,
> > AFAIK.  The number of colors supported by text-mode terminals doesn't
> > necessarily depend on the pixel depth of the color display.
> >
> So one uses whatever bit format (e.g. 24-Bit Format for #RRGGBB) needed
>  to store the maximum colours supported?

Yes.  And you can use #RRGGBB (or any variant of it) regardless of the
pixel depth, Emacs will convert as needed.



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