GNU bug report logs - #34606
Emacs colors are off in screen sessions

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Message #20 received at 34606 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Clément Pit-Claudel <cpitclaudel <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 34606 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34606: Emacs colors are off in screen sessions
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:14:08 +0200

> Cc: 34606 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> From: Clément Pit-Claudel <cpitclaudel <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2019 17:06:35 -0500
> 
> Thanks, I understand a bit better.  Does that mean that there's a bug in the terminfo database for screen.xterm-256color that causes Emacs' request for a shade of yellow/orange to be displayed as bright red?

No, I think the more probable cause is how the colors are configured
in each terminal emulator, in this case 'screen'.

The translation of a given TTY color to X RGB values are entirely
controlled by how the terminal emulator is configured, hopefully this
is customizable in some way and not hard-coded in the emulator's code.
I suggest to dig into the docs of each emulator and perhaps search the
net for pertinent keywords.  Or maybe asking on some relevant forum.

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