From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([209.132.183.28]:55535 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752548AbbBPNtn (ORCPT ); Mon, 16 Feb 2015 08:49:43 -0500 Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2015 14:49:30 +0100 From: Karel Zak To: Samuel Thibault , kerolasa@gmail.com, "Dale R. Worley" , =?iso-8859-1?Q?P=E1draig?= Brady , mrmazda@earthlink.net, util-linux Subject: Re: tty[1-6]: colors a negative accessibility/usability trend Message-ID: <20150216134930.GJ11948@ws.net.home> References: <54DC88BF.5040702@draigBrady.com> <87h9uqv6lv.fsf@hobgoblin.ariadne.com> <20150213092131.GM32318@ws.net.home> <20150213112523.GP32318@ws.net.home> <20150215111238.GG32251@vapier> <20150216091043.GA11948@ws.net.home> <20150216093533.GJ4075@vapier> <20150216094747.GC11948@ws.net.home> <20150216103241.GD3926@type.bordeaux.inria.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: <20150216103241.GD3926@type.bordeaux.inria.fr> Sender: util-linux-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 11:32:41AM +0100, Samuel Thibault wrote: > It should also check how to change the colors. Not all terminals will > support the ANSI way. > > > Anyway, we don't want to create (duplicate) any database, all it > > provides are knobs for customization and enable/disable. > > It provides only that because the source code currently hardcodes the > \033[%sm sequence, but it really should not, and use terminfo instead. Good point, I'm ready to accept patches to implement this feature :-) Karel -- Karel Zak http://karelzak.blogspot.com