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author | Peter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net> | 2008-05-06 21:33:10 +0000 |
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committer | Peter Stephenson <pws@users.sourceforge.net> | 2008-05-06 21:33:10 +0000 |
commit | 0ef4ecefc73f2813ae60bb787dee5c2cbffc0234 (patch) | |
tree | e23589b885bf4ce764133d440b0ac0c3d4fdcbaf /Doc/Zsh | |
parent | 85810b7b8eafa0412953c9f890135ffcd40d12c5 (diff) | |
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24957: better sanity checking of colour ranges
always use termcap for numeric ranges where available
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo b/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo index 95d1d7ae9..b7b4676a7 100644 --- a/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo +++ b/Doc/Zsh/zle.yo @@ -2180,18 +2180,16 @@ or the name of one of the eight most widely-supported colours. Not all terminals support this and, of those that do, not all provide facilities to test the support, hence the user should decide based on the -terminal type. Most terminals with colour support accept the numbers 0 to -7, and may generate additional colours if the tt(bold) attributes is also -present. Most terminals also have a standard range of colours for those -numbers (though the interpretation of the colour can vary); these colours -can be set by one of the names tt(black), tt(red), tt(green), tt(yellow), -tt(blue), tt(magenta), tt(cyan) and tt(white). Abbreviations are -allowed; tt(b) or tt(bl) selects black. +terminal type. Most terminals support the colours tt(black), tt(red), +tt(green), tt(yellow), tt(blue), tt(magenta), tt(cyan) and tt(white), +which can be set by name. Abbreviations are allowed; tt(b) or tt(bl) +selects black. Some terminals may generate additional colours if the +tt(bold) attribute is also present. On recent terminals and on systems with an up-to-date terminal database the number of colours supported may be tested by with the command `tt(echotc Co)'; if this succeeds, it indicates a limit on the number of colours which -will be enforced by the line editor. The number of colours is in case +will be enforced by the line editor. The number of colours is in any case limited to 256 (i.e. the range 0 to 255). Colour is also known as color. |