GNU bug report logs - #4033
23.1; list-colors-display is misleading

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:10:07 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #40 received at 4033 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Jason Rumney <jasonr <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 4033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Cc: "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#4033: 23.1; list-colors-display is misleading
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:59:38 +0800

Drew Adams wrote:
>> 16-bit RGB components is what Emacs uses internally, IIRC.  That is
>> the reason we show each one as two letters.
>>     
>
> Is that right? Could you please check about this?
>   
Emacs uses 16 bit components internally, because that is what X uses in 
its APIs. I'm not aware of any graphics driver that allows more than 8 
bit granularity though, and on Windows you are restricted to 8 bit by 
the API anyway.
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