On Sun, 29 Dec 2024, 'Andrea Pappacoda' via vim_dev wrote:
> By default, Vim uses the non-standard, but widely supported, legacy > xterm/Konsole format for setting "direct colors" with set setaf and > setbf escape codes, which use semicolons as separators. > > The documentation for xterm-true-color mentions that, as an alternative, > users can set alternative sequences that use colons instead of > semicolons. This format, though, isn't standard and it is unclear how > widely supported it is; it was added by xterm patch 282 due to a > misinterpretation of the ISO 8613-6 (ITU T.416) standard, and was later > changed to the format suggested by this patch, which is the one > specified in the standard. > > Today, looking at ncurses' [terminfo], it seems that all terminal > emulators use either the standard format (named "xterm+direct" in the > terminfo source) or the legacy format (named "xterm+indirect" in the > terminfo source). > > Hence, I believe it makes sense to align the docs with reality. > > If you're interested in the story of this escape sequence, I'd recommend > reading > <https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html#xterm_16MegaColors>. > > [terminfo]: https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/terminfo.ti.html For the interested reader, this was handled via: https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/16350 Thanks, Christian -- A method of solution is perfect if we can forsee from the start, and even prove, that following that method we shall attain our aim. -- Leibnitz -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_dev/Z3PHxqF6kZvJXL5%2B%40256bit.org.
