Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] console_codes.4: document more xterm codes

Alejandro Colomar <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jul 2026 13:17:50 +0200
Newsgroups	org.kernel.vger.linux-man
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Hi Jan,

On 2026-07-08T12:42:45+0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Jan Engelhardt <[email protected]>
> ---
>  man/man4/console_codes.4 | 49 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man/man4/console_codes.4 b/man/man4/console_codes.4
> index e0e88537a..a34adc57f 100644
> --- a/man/man4/console_codes.4
> +++ b/man/man4/console_codes.4
> @@ -753,14 +753,57 @@ Set icon name and window title to
>  T}
>  ESC ] 1 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set icon name to \f[I]txt\f[].
>  ESC ] 2 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set window title to \f[I]txt\f[].
> -ESC ] 4 ; \f[I]num\f[] ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set ANSI color \f[I]num\f[] to \f[I]txt\f[].
> -ESC ] 10 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set dynamic text color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 4 ; \f[I]num\f[] ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set color \f[I]num\f[] (0-255) to \f[I]txt\f[].

This seems to reword the description of ESC]4;num;txt, which doesn't
seem to match the commit message.  Should this go into a separate
commit?

> +ESC ] 5 ; 0 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set the color for bold substitution to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 5 ; 1 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set the color for underline substitution to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 5 ; 2 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set the color for blinking substitution to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 5 ; 3 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	T{
> +Set the color for reverse substitution to \f[I]txt\f[]. Because xterm still
> +reverses fg-bg pairs, the effect is that only the background of a character
> +cell is colorized this way.
> +T}
> +ESC ] 5 ; 4 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set the color for italic substitution to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 6 ; 0 ; \f[I]val\f[] ST	Toggle bold rendition: 0=bold, 1=substitute by color.
> +ESC ] 6 ; 1 ; \f[I]val\f[] ST	Toggle underscore rendition: 0=underscore, 1=color.
> +ESC ] 6 ; 2 ; \f[I]val\f[] ST	Toggle blinking rendition: 0=blinking, 1=color.
> +ESC ] 6 ; 3 ; \f[I]val\f[] ST	Toggle reverse rendition: 0=reverse, 1=color.
> +ESC ] 6 ; 4 ; \f[I]val\f[] ST	Toggle italic rendition: 0=italic, 1=color.
> +ESC ] 10 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set the foreground text color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 11 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set the background color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 12 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set the text cursor color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 13 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set the mouse cursor foreground color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 14 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set the mouse cursor background color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 15 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set the Tektronix foreground color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 16 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set the Tektronix background color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 17 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	T{
> +Set the background text color for reverse video (provided it is not substituted
> +with 6;3;1) to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +T}
> +ESC ] 18 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	Set the Tektronix cursor color to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +ESC ] 19 ; \f[I]txt\f[] ST	T{
> +Set the foreground text color for reverse video (provided it is not substituted
> +with 6;3;1) to \f[I]txt\f[].
> +T}
>  ESC ] 46 ; \f[I]name\f[] ST	T{
>  Change log file to
>  .I name
>  (normally disabled by a compile-time option).
>  T}
> -ESC ] 50 ; \f[I]fn\f[] ST	Set font to \f[I]fn\f[].
> +ESC ] 50 ; \f[I]fn\f[] ST	T{
> +Set font to \f[I]fn\f[] (normally disabled; cf. the "allowFontOps" resource)
> +T}

Same here.


Cheers,
Alex

> +ESC ] 104 ; \f[I]num\f[] ST	Reset color for mode 4;\f[I]num\f[]
> +ESC ] 105 ; \f[I]num\f[] ST	Reset color for mode 5;\f[I]num\f[]
> +ESC ] 106 ; \f[I]num\f[] ; \f[I]val\f[] ST	T{
> +Exactly equal to 6;\f[I]num\f[];\f[I]val\f[]. (no "reset" logic)
> +T}
> +ESC ] 110 ST	T{
> +Reset color for mode 10. (Codes 111-119 map to resetting modes 11-19,
> +respectively.)
> +T}
> +ESC ] \f[I]mode\f[] ; ? ST	T{
> +Query the respective property/color/etc. (modes 4,5,10-19,50)
> +T}
>  .TE
>  .P
>  It recognizes the following with slightly modified meaning
> -- 
> 2.54.0
> 

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