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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix color problem the grub-emu
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Bean wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Currently, the color handling in grub-emu is broken, sometimes you see
> nothing on screen. This patch fix it, now variable menu_color_normal
> and menu_color_highlight works properly in grub-emu.

> +
> +static grub_uint8_t color_map[NUM_COLORS] =
> +{
> +  COLOR_BLACK,
> +  COLOR_BLUE,
> +  COLOR_GREEN,
> +  COLOR_CYAN,
> +  COLOR_RED,
> +  COLOR_MAGENTA,
> +  COLOR_YELLOW,
> +  COLOR_WHITE
> +};
> +

Doesn't also ncurses have 16 different colors for foreground and 8 for 
background? This is at least quite common for terminals.

On some terminals there is one bit controlling background highlight 
colors or text blinking.