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bug#51297: 28.0.60; [PATCH] Update termcap/terminfo to indicate 16-color
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#51297: 28.0.60; [PATCH] Update termcap/terminfo to indicate 16-color support |
Date: |
Fri, 05 Nov 2021 03:27:47 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Jim Porter <jporterbugs@gmail.com> writes:
> Correct, there's already a fix for this in Emacs 29 from (I think)
> bug#50806. If it's too late to add this for 28, then I think we can
> close this.
OK; closing.
> For Emacs 28, the only negative to not merging Miha's patch is that
> users will have to manually update eterm-color (and install it to
> their systems) if they want to be sure their terminfo database
> correctly represents the capabilities in Emacs 28's
> `term-mode'. That's probably not a big deal, and worst-case scenario,
> some commands might only use 8 colors instead of 16.
Yeah, the repercussions to not applying this are fairly low, but the
unknown effects this may have (on obscure systems) is fairly high, so
it's just too late in the development cycle for emacs-28, in my opinion.
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