From: Alejandro Colomar <alx@kernel.org>
To: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
Cc: linux-man@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] console_codes.4: document more xterm codes
Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:21:21 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <amoaOGTxHY1YqhXF@devuan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260718153631.55879-1-jengelh@inai.de>
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Hi Jan,
> Date: 2026-07-18 17:36:31+0200
> From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
Thanks! I've applied the patch. I've amended it to use semantic
newlines (see man-pages(7)) with the following small changes:
diff --git i/man/man4/console_codes.4 w/man/man4/console_codes.4
index 9507a760e07b..faf12a66cd82 100644
--- i/man/man4/console_codes.4
+++ w/man/man4/console_codes.4
@@ -792,14 +792,17 @@ .SS Comparisons with other terminals
ESC ] 104 ; \f[I]num\f[] ST Reset color for mode 4;\f[I]num\f[]
ESC ] 105 ; \f[I]num\f[] ST Reset color for mode 5;\f[I]num\f[]
ESC ] 106 ; \f[I]num\f[] ; \f[I]val\f[] ST T{
-Exactly equal to 6;\f[I]num\f[];\f[I]val\f[]. (no "reset" logic)
+Exactly equal to 6;\f[I]num\f[];\f[I]val\f[].
+(no "reset" logic)
T}
ESC ] 110 ST T{
-Reset color for mode 10. (Codes 111-119 map to resetting modes 11-19,
-respectively.)
+Reset color for mode 10.
+Codes 111-119 map to resetting modes 11-19,
+respectively.
T}
ESC ] \f[I]mode\f[] ; ? ST T{
-Query the respective property/color/etc. (modes 4,5,10-19,50)
+Query the respective property/color/etc.
+(modes 4,5,10-19,50)
T}
.TE
.P
Have a lovely day!
Alex
> ---
> man/man4/console_codes.4 | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/man/man4/console_codes.4 b/man/man4/console_codes.4
> index 10d2e3b5f..9507a760e 100644
> --- a/man/man4/console_codes.4
> +++ b/man/man4/console_codes.4
> @@ -754,7 +754,30 @@ T}
> ESC ] 1 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set icon name to \f[I]txt\f[].
> ESC ] 2 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set window title to \f[I]txt\f[].
> ESC ] 4 ; \f[I]num\f[] ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set color \f[I]num\f[] (0-255) to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 5 ; 0 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set the color for bold substitution to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 5 ; 1 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set the color for underline substitution to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 5 ; 2 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set the color for blinking substitution to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 5 ; 3 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set the color for reverse substitution to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 5 ; 4 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set the color for italic substitution to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 6 ; 0 ; \f[I]val\f[] ST Toggle bold rendition: 0=bold, 1=substitute by color.
> +ESC ] 6 ; 1 ; \f[I]val\f[] ST Toggle underscore rendition: 0=underscore, 1=color.
> +ESC ] 6 ; 2 ; \f[I]val\f[] ST Toggle blinking rendition: 0=blinking, 1=color.
> +ESC ] 6 ; 3 ; \f[I]val\f[] ST Toggle reverse rendition: 0=reverse, 1=color.
> +ESC ] 6 ; 4 ; \f[I]val\f[] ST Toggle italic rendition: 0=italic, 1=color.
> ESC ] 10 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set the foreground text color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 11 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set the background color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 12 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set the text cursor color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 13 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set the mouse cursor foreground color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 14 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set the mouse cursor background color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 15 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set the Tektronix foreground color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 16 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set the Tektronix background color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 17 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST T{
> +Set the background text color for highlighted (selected) text to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +T}
> +ESC ] 18 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set the Tektronix cursor color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 19 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST T{
> +Set the foreground text color for highlighted (selected) text to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +T}
> ESC ] 46 ; \f[I]name\f[] ST T{
> Change log file to
> .I name
> @@ -766,6 +789,18 @@ Set font to \f[I]fn\f[]
> see "allowFontOps" in
> .BR xterm (1)).
> T}
> +ESC ] 104 ; \f[I]num\f[] ST Reset color for mode 4;\f[I]num\f[]
> +ESC ] 105 ; \f[I]num\f[] ST Reset color for mode 5;\f[I]num\f[]
> +ESC ] 106 ; \f[I]num\f[] ; \f[I]val\f[] ST T{
> +Exactly equal to 6;\f[I]num\f[];\f[I]val\f[]. (no "reset" logic)
> +T}
> +ESC ] 110 ST T{
> +Reset color for mode 10. (Codes 111-119 map to resetting modes 11-19,
> +respectively.)
> +T}
> +ESC ] \f[I]mode\f[] ; ? ST T{
> +Query the respective property/color/etc. (modes 4,5,10-19,50)
> +T}
> .TE
> .P
> It recognizes the following with slightly modified meaning
> --
> 2.55.0
>
>
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<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es>
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