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=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=FREEMAIL_FROM, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,NICE_REPLY_C,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 30590 invoked from network); 22 Jul 2020 18:49:03 -0000 Received: from ns1.primenet.com.au (HELO primenet.com.au) (203.24.36.2) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 22 Jul 2020 18:49:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 24753 invoked by alias); 22 Jul 2020 18:48:52 -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: 25002 Received: (qmail 16849 invoked by uid 1010); 22 Jul 2020 18:48:52 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Diagnostics: from static.214.254.202.116.clients.your-server.de 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(116.202.254.214):SA:0(-1.9/5.0):. Processed in 0.895329 secs); 22 Jul 2020 18:48:52 -0000 X-Envelope-From: gcszu-zsh-users@m.gmane-mx.org X-Qmail-Scanner-Mime-Attachments: | X-Qmail-Scanner-Zip-Files: | Received-SPF: pass (ns1.primenet.com.au: SPF record at m.gmane-mx.org designates 116.202.254.214 as permitted sender) X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: zsh-users@zsh.org From: Anssi Saari Subject: Re: xterm-direct and zsh Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 21:48:12 +0300 Organization: An impatient and LOUD arachnid Message-ID: References: <1742-1595405609.146071@5EJy.NK4K.Onqo> <26dcbe02-8288-44ad-54ed-58d00342be87@eastlink.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:dOHhKkBb32rkybQNbCncSP7kdAw= Ray Andrews writes: > Pardon a dumb question, but what use does a terminal have for a huge > number of colors?  I colorize my prompt but even 8 colors is more than > enough.  There must be some functionality that I'm completely unaware > of. I guess it's having the color you want. Personally I like to utilize other people's work so I download color schemes for various terminal programs and they usually assume a 256 color terminal. In the end it's about freedom of choice.