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(Colors): Note that --color is intended for overriding the terminal defaults, not for normal invocation.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Fri, 08 Dec 2006 17:22:41 +0000
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949 @cindex reverse video, command-line argument 949 @cindex reverse video, command-line argument
950 Reverse video---swap the foreground and background colors. 950 Reverse video---swap the foreground and background colors.
951 @item --color=@var{mode} 951 @item --color=@var{mode}
952 @opindex --color 952 @opindex --color
953 @cindex standard colors on a character terminal 953 @cindex standard colors on a character terminal
954 For a character terminal only, specify the mode of color support. The 954 @cindex override character terminal color support
955 parameter @var{mode} can be one of the following: 955 For a character terminal only, specify the mode of color support.
956 This option is intended for overriding the number of supported colors
957 that the character terminal advertises in its @code{termcap} or
958 @code{terminfo} database. The parameter @var{mode} can be one of the
959 following:
956 @table @samp 960 @table @samp
957 @item never 961 @item never
958 @itemx no 962 @itemx no
959 Don't use colors even if the terminal's capabilities specify color 963 Don't use colors even if the terminal's capabilities specify color
960 support. 964 support.