* [PATCH] console_codes.4: document more xterm codes
@ 2026-06-19 10:06 Jan Engelhardt
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jan Engelhardt @ 2026-06-19 10:06 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: alx; +Cc: linux-man
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
---
man/man4/console_codes.4 | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
1 file changed, 44 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/man/man4/console_codes.4 b/man/man4/console_codes.4
index a742cf36f..2d5328059 100644
--- a/man/man4/console_codes.4
+++ b/man/man4/console_codes.4
@@ -753,14 +753,54 @@ Set icon name and window title to
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 ANSI color \f[I]num\f[] to \f[I]txt\f[].
-ESC ] 10 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST Set dynamic text color to \f[I]txt\f[].
-ESC ] 4 6 ; \f[I]name\f[] ST T{
+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 T{
+Set the color for reverse substitution to \f[I]txt\f[]. Because xterm still
+reverses fg-bg pairs, the effect is that only the background of a character
+cell is colorized this way.
+T}
+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 reverse video (provided it is not substituted
+with 6;3;1) to \f[I]txt\f[], which in effect becomes the background color.
+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 reverse video (provided it is not substituted
+with 6;3;1) to \f[I]txt\f[], which in effect becomes the foreground color.
+T}
+ESC ] 46 ; \f[I]name\f[] ST T{
Change log file to
.I name
(normally disabled by a compile-time option).
T}
-ESC ] 5 0 ; \f[I]fn\f[] ST Set font to \f[I]fn\f[].
+ESC ] 50 ; \f[I]fn\f[] ST T{
+Set font to \f[I]fn\f[] (normally disabled; cf. the "allowFontOps" resource)
+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 Reset color for mode 10. (The pattern repeats until 119.)
+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
--
2.54.0
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* [PATCH] console_codes.4: document more xterm codes
@ 2026-07-18 15:36 Jan Engelhardt
2026-07-29 15:21 ` Alejandro Colomar
0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jan Engelhardt @ 2026-07-18 15:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: alx; +Cc: linux-man
Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@inai.de>
---
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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* Re: [PATCH] console_codes.4: document more xterm codes
2026-07-18 15:36 [PATCH] console_codes.4: document more xterm codes Jan Engelhardt
@ 2026-07-29 15:21 ` Alejandro Colomar
0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
From: Alejandro Colomar @ 2026-07-29 15:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jan Engelhardt; +Cc: linux-man
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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
>
>
--
<https://www.alejandro-colomar.es>
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