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

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: jasonr <at> gnu.org, 4033 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4033: 23.1; list-colors-display is misleading
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 06:22:06 +0300

> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
> Cc: <4033 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>, "'Eli Zaretskii'" <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 16:55:44 -0700
> 
> Emacs supports 16 bits per component internally, doesn't that mean that it
> supports up to #RRRRGGGGBBBB?

It supports that, but it cannot actually display that if the display
driver has only 8 bits per component.  I.e., the extra bits get lost
when the color is actually displayed.
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