Package: emacs;
Reported by: warrenharris <at> google.com (Warren Harris)
Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:53:03 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 23.1
Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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From: Warren Harris <warrenharris <at> google.com> To: 7943 <at> debbugs.gnu.org Cc: GNU bug Tracking System <help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> Subject: bug#7943: closed (Re: bug#7943: white background is color #e5e5e5 in terminal window) Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 16:57:55 -0800
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I disagree with the resolution of this bug. It is still unresolved. On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 2:31 PM, GNU bug Tracking System < help-debbugs <at> gnu.org> wrote: > Your bug report > > #7943: 23.1; white background is color #e5e5e5 in terminal window > > which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed. > > The explanation is attached below, along with your original report. > If you require more details, please reply to 7943 <at> debbugs.gnu.org. > > -- > 7943: http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7943 > GNU Bug Tracking System > Contact help-debbugs <at> gnu.org with problems > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> > To: Warren Harris <warrenharris <at> google.com> > Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2011 00:30:47 +0200 > Subject: Re: bug#7943: white background is color #e5e5e5 in terminal window > > From: Warren Harris <warrenharris <at> google.com> > > Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2011 13:46:57 -0800 > > Cc: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>, 7943 <at> debbugs.gnu.org > > > > All I can say is the current behavior is quite annoying when more than 8 > > colors are available. Many colors have very low contrast against the > grey90 > > background > > But that's the most white color that your terminal can produce. > xterm.el doesn't _tell_ the terminal what color to produce for > "white", it only _documents_ (sort of) what that color is, in terms of > RGB components. > > > and there's no way I can see to set the background to brightwhite. > > I don't think you can, not for the background. But I'm not an expert > on xterm. > > > I guess I can try and hack my xterm.el > > I don't see how you can, but let us know if you find a way. > > I'm closing this bug. Feel free to reopen if you find a way of making > your white "whiter". > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: warrenharris <at> google.com (Warren Harris) > To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:58:57 -0800 (PST) > Subject: 23.1; white background is color #e5e5e5 in terminal window > I am running emacs in an Apple Terminal window while ssh'd to a Linux > Ubuntu 10.04.1 system. My TERM is set to xterm-color. (Note that the Apple > Terminal app only supports 8 colors.) All the colors are quite dingy > looking, but in particular the background is color #e5e5e5 which on my > computer is fairly dark and makes the text hard to read (particularly cyan > or green text). > > Here's what list-colors-display shows: > > black black > #000000 > red red > #cd0000 > green green > #00cd00 > yellow yellow > #cdcd00 > blue blue > #0000ee > magenta magenta > #cd00cd > cyan cyan > #00cdcd > white white > #e5e5e5 > > Note that others on the emacs mailing list have been able to reproduce this > problem (even on a Windows system). See the thread "white is #e5e5e5" > started Jan 23, 2011. > > > > In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1) > of 2010-11-23 on yellow, modified by Debian > configured using `configure '--build=x86_64-linux-gnu' > '--host=x86_64-linux-gnu' '--prefix=/usr' '--sharedstatedir=/var/lib' > '--libexecdir=/usr/lib' '--localstatedir=/var/lib' > '--infodir=/usr/share/info' '--mandir=/usr/share/man' '--with-pop=yes' > '--enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs23:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.1/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/23.1/leim' > '--with-x=yes' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk' '--with-toolkit-scroll-bars' > 'build_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' 'host_alias=x86_64-linux-gnu' > 'CFLAGS=-DDEBIAN -g -O2' 'LDFLAGS=-g' 'CPPFLAGS='' > > Important settings: > value of $LC_ALL: nil > value of $LC_COLLATE: C > value of $LC_CTYPE: nil > value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil > value of $LC_MONETARY: C > value of $LC_NUMERIC: C > value of $LC_TIME: C > value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8 > value of $XMODIFIERS: nil > locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix > default-enable-multibyte-characters: t > > Major mode: Shell > > Minor modes in effect: > csv-field-index-mode: t > shell-dirtrack-mode: t > menu-bar-mode: t > file-name-shadow-mode: t > global-font-lock-mode: t > font-lock-mode: t > global-auto-composition-mode: t > auto-composition-mode: t > auto-encryption-mode: t > auto-compression-mode: t > line-number-mode: t > transient-mark-mode: t > > Recent input: > SPC p u s h RET ESC [ ? 1 ; 2 c C-x 3 ESC [ 1 5 ~ ESC > [ 1 7 ~ C-x C-b C-x o C-n C-n f C-x o C-c C-c C-c C-c > C-r 1 6 7 7 SPC t p s C-r C-a C-n C-@ ESC > C-p C-p > C-p C-a ESC w C-x o C-y C-x C-x C-g C-x e C-g C-x ( > ESC d C-d C-d ESC C-f ESC C-b ESC f C-k C-n C-a C-x > ) C-u 8 8 8 8 C-x e C-x C-s ESC [ 1 5 ~ ESC v ESC v > ESC v ESC v C-l C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-@ C-v C-x 1 C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n > C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n C-n > ESC w C-x C-f ~ / s t a t . t x t RET C-y ESC v C-v > ESC v ESC v C-x C-s ESC [ 1 5 ~ ESC [ 1 7 ~ ESC [ 1 > 5 ~ ESC > ESC p ESC p ESC p ESC p ESC p ESC p ESC p > ESC p ESC n RET ESC v C-l C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p C-p > C-p C-@ ESC > C-p C-p ESC w C-x C-f ESC DEL ESC DEL > ESC DEL ESC DEL s t TAB a t 2 . t x t RET C-y ESC y > C-x C-s ESC [ 1 5 ~ ESC v ESC v ESC x r e o DEL p o > r t SPC e m a TAB RET > > Recent messages: > History item: 8 > History item: 7 > Mark set > Saved text from "260KB 792B Total cache size > 1 Number of " > Making completion list... > (New file) > Mark set > Saving file /home/warrenharris/stat2.txt... > Wrote /home/warrenharris/stat2.txt > > > >
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