GNU bug report logs - #36304
27.0.50; request: switch to the superior HTML #RGB convention for colors

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From: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rms <at> gnu.org, 36304 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#36304: 27.0.50; request: switch to the superior HTML #RGB
 convention for colors
Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 15:33:14 +0000

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On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 3:05 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
> > From: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 14:41:30 +0000
> > Cc: rms <at> gnu.org, 36304 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> > > > and it's only used for text terminals, right?
> > >
> > > Yes, but we nowadays support text terminals that can display 24-bit
> > > colors, and having their colors display differently from the same
> > > color on X is just asking for bug reports.
> > Okay, let's change it, then.
> Thanks.

While I was there, I've also made it accept upper-case hex digits
(previously, #0F0 was accepted but #F00 wasn't), and fixed the ranges
so rgb:f/f/f translates to (65535 65535 65535) rather than (255 255
255).

[0001-Use-CSS-convention-for-interpreting-colors.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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