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(Text Terminal Colors): Get rid of "Emacs 21", and make it read better.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Sun, 06 Mar 2005 18:15:17 +0000 |
parents | 30ef6c521f51 |
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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 |