Mercurial > emacs

comparison lispref/frames.texi @ 60445:823da03182ac

Find changesets by keywords (author, files, the commit message), revision number or hash, or revset expression.
(Text Terminal Colors): Get rid of "Emacs 21", and make it read better.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sun, 06 Mar 2005 18:15:17 +0000
parents 30ef6c521f51
children 9208ec58c990 29e773288013
comparison
equal deleted inserted replaced
60444:78a2cd972ba1 60445:823da03182ac
1698 1698
1699 @node Text Terminal Colors 1699 @node Text Terminal Colors
1700 @section Text Terminal Colors 1700 @section Text Terminal Colors
1701 @cindex colors on text-only terminals 1701 @cindex colors on text-only terminals
1702 1702
1703 Emacs can display color on text-only terminals, starting with version 1703 Text-only terminals usually support only a small number of colors,
1704 21. These terminals usually support only a small number of colors, and 1704 and the computer uses small integers to select colors on the terminal.
1705 the computer uses small integers to select colors on the terminal. This 1705 This means that the computer cannot reliably tell what the selected
1706 means that the computer cannot reliably tell what the selected color 1706 color looks like; instead, you have to inform your application which
1707 looks like; instead, you have to inform your application which small 1707 small integers correspond to which colors. However, Emacs does know
1708 integers correspond to which colors. However, Emacs does know the 1708 the standard set of colors and will try to use them automatically.
1709 standard set of colors and will try to use them automatically.
1710 1709
1711 The functions described in this section control how terminal colors 1710 The functions described in this section control how terminal colors
1712 are used by Emacs. 1711 are used by Emacs.
1713 1712
1714 Several of these functions use or return @dfn{rgb values}, described 1713 Several of these functions use or return @dfn{rgb values}, described