Re: [PATCH 2/3] console_codes.4: \e[38m and \e[48m

[Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>]

On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 05:26:09PM +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> Hello Adam,
> 
> On 3/8/19 8:40 PM, Adam Borowski wrote:
> > Supported since cec5b2a9 (3.16).
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Adam Borowski <kilobyte@angband.pl>
> > ---
> >  man4/console_codes.4 | 15 +++++++++++++--
> >  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/man4/console_codes.4 b/man4/console_codes.4
> > index d605b058d..4283efe45 100644
> > --- a/man4/console_codes.4
> > +++ b/man4/console_codes.4
> > @@ -271,8 +271,8 @@ T}
> >  35	set magenta foreground
> >  36	set cyan foreground
> >  37	set white foreground
> > -38	set underscore on, set default foreground color
> > -39	set underscore off, set default foreground color
> > +38	256/24-bit foreground color follows, shoehorned into 16 basic colors
> > +39	set default foreground color
> 
> So here, I think it's important to retain the historical info, so
> I made this text:
> 
>        38        256/24-bit foreground color follows, shoehorned  into  16
>                  basic  colors  (before Linux 3.16: set underscore on, set
>                  default foreground color)
>        39        set default foreground  color  (before  Linux  3.16:  set
>                  underscore off, set default foreground color)
> 
> Okay?

Sounds good.


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