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@section Text Terminal Colors |
@section Text Terminal Colors |
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@cindex colors on text-only terminals |
@cindex colors on text-only terminals |
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Emacs can display color on text-only terminals, starting with version |
Text-only terminals usually support only a small number of colors, |
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21. These terminals usually support only a small number of colors, and |
and the computer uses small integers to select colors on the terminal. |
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the computer uses small integers to select colors on the terminal. This |
This means that the computer cannot reliably tell what the selected |
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means that the computer cannot reliably tell what the selected color |
color looks like; instead, you have to inform your application which |
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looks like; instead, you have to inform your application which small |
small integers correspond to which colors. However, Emacs does know |
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integers correspond to which colors. However, Emacs does know the |
the standard set of colors and will try to use them automatically. |
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standard set of colors and will try to use them automatically. |
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The functions described in this section control how terminal colors |
The functions described in this section control how terminal colors |
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are used by Emacs. |
are used by Emacs. |