From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <zsh-workers-return-34609-mason-zsh=primenet.com.au@zsh.org>
Received: (qmail 29927 invoked by alias); 23 Feb 2015 11:15:30 -0000
Mailing-List: contact zsh-workers-help@zsh.org; run by ezmlm
Precedence: bulk
X-No-Archive: yes
List-Id: Zsh Workers List <zsh-workers.zsh.org>
List-Post: <mailto:zsh-workers@zsh.org>
List-Help: <mailto:zsh-workers-help@zsh.org>
X-Seq: 34609
Received: (qmail 26955 invoked from network); 23 Feb 2015 11:15:24 -0000
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on f.primenet.com.au
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,
	FREEMAIL_FROM,NML_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_HELO_PASS
	autolearn=no version=3.3.2
X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/
To: zsh-workers@zsh.org
From: Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: ANSI bg colour outside of prompt area
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 11:58:12 +0100
Message-ID: <87fv9wuc6z.fsf@gmail.com>
References: <20150222132310.GA18377@wintermute>
	<150222111007.ZM18687@torch.brasslantern.com>
	<20150222200735.GA14096__25621.2553395473$1424635776$gmane$org@wintermute>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org
X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host57-2.natpool.mwn.de
In-Reply-To: <20150222200735.GA14096__25621.2553395473$1424635776$gmane$org@wintermute>
	(junkcommander0@gmail.com's message of "Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:07:35
	-0500")
User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux)

junkcommander0@gmail.com writes:

> As a workaround for now I have a little alias that switches the value
> of the background colour in st's config.h, and recompiles it. It's not
> quite the same as toggling it in the terminal I'm working in, but it's
> not terribly difficult to open a new terminal with a different
> background colour.

In xterm and urxvt, you can do

printf '\033]10;%d\a\033]11;%d\a' $fgcolor $bgcolor

-- 
Christian Neukirchen  <chneukirchen@gmail.com>  http://chneukirchen.org