From: Sebastian Gniazdowski <sgniazdowski@gmail.com>
To: Zsh Users <zsh-users@zsh.org>
Subject: Re: Terminal theme tool – a workaround for lack of 24-bit color in Zsh?
Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2018 15:48:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAKc7PVBeewJ1fEWVs8yY1MjCSkBA7+C_EaDC3X7TWVdr6x8scg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAKc7PVCEmTTMRR0P3kx9ktpLDBYqJ+MRsE77UMLFjonEZAixfA@mail.gmail.com>
BTW. By using the new, probably incoming (the author is working on
needed changes) feature of the `unixorn/awesome-zsh-plugins` list – an
evaluation of plugins (see an example at:
https://github.com/zdharma/hacking-private/blob/master/zsh-plugin-assessor/README_new.md),
I've found a plugin that to some extend does what the proposed
terminal-theme-tool would be doing:
https://github.com/chriskempson/base16-shell
On Mon, 15 Oct 2018 at 17:28, Sebastian Gniazdowski
<sgniazdowski@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello!
> There are 2 escape sequences, ESC]4;n;#rrggbb\a and ESC]Pnrrggbb, that
> allow to change terminal's current palette. First works on most
> OpenSource / Linux terminals and supports 256 colors, second one on OS
> X iTerm, supporting first 16 colors only. (I've submitted a ticket for
> 1st code on iTerm GitLab project page
> https://gitlab.com/gnachman/iterm2/issues/7221, you could support it
> by commenting in favor of the feature or by giving thumbs up).
>
> I'm wondering why there is no tool to manage terminal-themes? Many
> things, in particular syntax highlighting of Zsh command-line, can
> easily gain from this. It's essentially a workaround for the lack of
> 24-bit color in Zsh. As a result I've decided to extend F-Sy-H theme
> support with terminal-palette altering, it should be there within a
> month.
>
> I'm curious on opinions whether this really is a workaround for no
> true-color support in Zsh and maybe on ideas of what such
> terminal-theme manager should do.
>
> You can play with this feature – xterm, urxvt, gnome-terminal:
>
> echo -e '\e[32m'Test Color Text ▓▓▓▓'\e[0m'
> sleep 2
> echo -ne '\e]4;2;#aaaa00\a'
>
> OS X / iTerm:
>
> echo -e '\e[32m'Test Color Text ▓▓▓▓'\e[0m'
> sleep 2
> echo -en '\e]P2aaaa00'
>
> --
> Sebastian Gniazdowski
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--
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-11-15 14:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-15 15:28 Sebastian Gniazdowski
2018-11-15 14:48 ` Sebastian Gniazdowski [this message]
2018-11-19 12:07 ` Magnus Woldrich
2018-11-22 14:43 ` Sebastian Gniazdowski
2018-11-22 17:15 ` Magnus Woldrich
2018-11-22 19:06 ` Sebastian Gniazdowski
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