GNU bug report logs - #32072
27.0.50; clear-face-cache in an X frame breaks tty colors

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Istvan Marko <mi-ebugs <at> kismala.com>

Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2018 21:32:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed

Found in versions 26.1, 27.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at control <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Istvan Marko <mi-ebugs <at> kismala.com>
Cc: 32072 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Rami Ylimäki <rami.ylimaki <at> vincit.fi>
Subject: Re: bug#32072: 27.0.50;
 clear-face-cache in an X frame breaks tty colors
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2018 21:39:45 -0400

found 32072 26.1
tags 32072 + confirmed
quit

Istvan Marko <mi-ebugs <at> kismala.com> writes:

> I have done some more testing and found that 24-bit terminal frames are
> not affected, their colors remain intact after doing (clear-face-cache)
> in the X11 frame.

Hmm, interesting, I've bisected the problem to [1: e463e5762b].

[1: e463e5762b]: 2017-02-18 13:04:55 +0200
  Support 24-bit direct colors on text terminals
  https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs.git/commit/?id=e463e5762bbe628be3d15da066a90f079a8468b3

> I have been planning to switch to 24-bit anyway so this is a good enough
> for me but let me know if it's worth trying to debug the 256 color case
> further.

It would be good not to break the 256 colour case, yes.  I've cc'd the
author of that 24 bit support, maybe they will have some more ideas.
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