Re: Probable mistake in vte-256color

[Thomas Dickey]

On Tue, Jan 12, 2016 at 05:38:18PM +0100, Leonardo Brondani Schenkel wrote:
> This is the definition for vte-256color:
> 
> # palette is hardcoded...
> vte-256color|VTE with xterm 256-colors,
>         use=xterm+256color, use=vte,
> 
> However, all other definitions in terminfo.src with the same "palette is
> hardcoded" comment inherit from "xterm+256setaf" and *not*
> "xterm+256color" as listed above. I believe that "use=xterm+256setaf"
> was the intent and the above definition is incorrect.

no... I think I overlooked the comment.  That particular line dates from
2007.  There was an interval of several years between various terminal
developers announcing "xterm 256colors" and getting around to implementing
the escape sequence to update the palette (and oddly enough, generally
not mentioning this in their release notes or change history except in
the most obscure terms).  For VTE, it seems this was addressed in 2009
according to my note:

# 2012-11-02
#       * reviewed vte-2012, reverted most of the change since it was incorrect
#         based on testing with tack -TD
#       * un-cancel the initc in vte-256color, since this was implemented
#         starting with version 0.20 in 2009 -TD

In a quick check,
        PuTTY 0.62 is hardcoded
        Konsole 15.08.0 is hardcoded
        mlterm implements the palette control (enough for terminfo anyway)
        VTE (seen in gnome-terminal 3.18.2) works correctly.

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