From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI, NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 22712 invoked from network); 23 Jul 2020 02:58:24 -0000 Received: from ns1.primenet.com.au (HELO primenet.com.au) (203.24.36.2) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 23 Jul 2020 02:58:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 6864 invoked by alias); 23 Jul 2020 02:58:13 -0000 Mailing-List: contact zsh-users-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk X-No-Archive: yes List-Id: Zsh Users List List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: zsh-users@zsh.org X-Seq: 25003 Received: (qmail 19366 invoked by uid 1010); 23 Jul 2020 02:58:13 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from mta01.eastlink.ca by f.primenet.com.au (envelope-from , uid 7791) with qmail-scanner-2.11 (clamdscan: 0.102.3/25877. spamassassin: 3.4.4. Clear:RC:0(24.224.136.30):SA:0(-4.3/5.0):. Processed in 1.349852 secs); 23 Jul 2020 02:58:13 -0000 X-Envelope-From: rayandrews@eastlink.ca X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at _spf.eastlink.ca designates 24.224.136.30 as permitted sender) X-Authority-Analysis: v=2.3 cv=R9SY5eZX c=1 sm=1 tr=0 a=zv49KfEsxEDzuN5AGO7r0Q==:117 a=zv49KfEsxEDzuN5AGO7r0Q==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=l1axUkxNQzRXt-gmZbYA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 X-Vade-Cause: gggruggvucftvghtrhhoucdtuddrgeduiedrhedtgdeijecutefuodetggdotefrodftvfcurfhrohhfihhlvgemucfgtefuvffnkffpmfdpqfgfvfenuceurghilhhouhhtmecufedttdenucenucfjughrpefuvfhfhffkffgfgggjtgfgsehtkeertddtfeejnecuhfhrohhmpeftrgihucetnhgurhgvfihsuceorhgrhigrnhgurhgvfihssegvrghsthhlihhnkhdrtggrqeenucggtffrrghtthgvrhhnpeekvdeuuefffefhvdeuieetffdvtddvjeegueejkeeiudehieetieehgeetvdfhfeenucfkphepvdegrddvtdejrdeltddrudelgeenucevlhhushhtvghrufhiiigvpedtnecurfgrrhgrmhepihhnvghtpedvgedrvddtjedrledtrdduleegpdhhvghloheplgduledvrdduieekrddtrddvngdpmhgrihhlfhhrohhmpehrrgihrghnughrvgifshesvggrshhtlhhinhhkrdgtrgdprhgtphhtthhopeiishhhqdhushgvrhhsseiishhhrdhorhhg X-Vade-Score: 0 X-Vade-State: 0 X-EL-IP-NOAUTH: 24.207.90.194 Subject: Re: xterm-direct and zsh To: zsh-users@zsh.org References: <1742-1595405609.146071@5EJy.NK4K.Onqo> <26dcbe02-8288-44ad-54ed-58d00342be87@eastlink.ca> From: Ray Andrews Message-id: Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 19:57:35 -0700 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.10.0 MIME-version: 1.0 In-reply-to: Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 8bit Content-language: en-US On 2020-07-22 11:48 a.m., Anssi Saari wrote: > ... and they usually assume a 256 color terminal. In the end it's > about freedom of choice. > If I hear nothing more then that'll do for an answer, still if 2^24 colors are desired that seems to indicate a need for true color rendition and that's not something one might think of as of much use in a shell.  Not that it would ever do any harm either.