Re: Specifying bright (bold) vs. normal colors in 16-Color terminals based on background brightness

Heime <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 23:49:58 +0000

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On Wednesday, July 15th, 2026 at 1:44 AM, Eli Zaretskii <[email protected]> wrot=
e:

> > Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2026 13:17:28 +0000
> > From: Heime <[email protected]>
> >
> > How does one specify the colour for 16-colour terminals to
> > distinguish between bright (bold) or normal?
> >
> >      (((class color) (min-colors 16) (background dark))
> >          :foreground "red")
> >      (((class color) (min-colors 16) (background light))
> >          :foreground "green")
>=20
> Use the appropriate color names, like "lightred" or "brightgreen".
=20
Have executed (list-colors-display).  brightgreen is not listed there.