On 2016-08-30 17:03, Daniel Colascione wrote:
On 08/30/2016 01:55 PM, Rami Ylimäki wrote:
From: Rami Ylimäki <address@hidden>
Based on previous work by Rüdiger Sonderfeld, Christian Hopps and
Charles Strahan.
Currently it's not possible to detect whether terminal supports
24-bit colors.
Why did we decide to stop using terminfo as intended? Why did we stop
supporting terminal capability inspection via control codes? We
solved this problem in the god damn 1980s. Why are we back to
specifying terminal characteristics manually?
Hey Daniel,
I don't understand your email. Are you saying that (1) Emacs is already not
doing the right thing, and this patch is continuing in this tradition, or that
(2) the world is a sad place, because the solution that was found in the 80s
wasn't extended to cover 24bit colors, hence the need for this patch, or that
(3) this patch is going in the wrong direction, because Emacs is doing things
right already and this patch should use the existing facilities instead of
whatever it does as submitted, or (4) something else?
I'm not familiar with capability inspection, so apologies if the meaning was
clear for people with more background on this.
Clément.