# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1011016273 0 # Node ID 0a6f6545e08f00ff9ccb21f80a77386cec59c05b # Parent d1ee13da6bffed50db352503d2d2b2bb437e03c5 Suggest to use --color if the terminal capabilities lie. diff -r d1ee13da6bff -r 0a6f6545e08f etc/PROBLEMS --- a/etc/PROBLEMS Mon Jan 14 13:50:26 2002 +0000 +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS Mon Jan 14 13:51:13 2002 +0000 @@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ `xterm-color' might activate the color support on an xterm-compatible emulator. +Beginning with version 21.3, Emacs supports the --color command-line +option which may be used to force Emacs to use one of a few popular +modes for getting colors on a tty. For example, --color=ansi8 sets up +for using the ANSI-standard escape sequences that support 8 colors. + Some modes do not use colors unless you turn on the Font-lock mode. Some people have long ago set their `~/.emacs' files to turn on Font-lock on X only, so they won't see colors on a tty. The