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Bug 335358 - [terminal] Terminal colors don't match expectations
Summary: [terminal] Terminal colors don't match expectations
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Target Management
Classification: Tools
Component: Terminal (show other bugs)
Version: 3.3   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows 7
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: 3.3 M5   Edit
Assignee: Martin Oberhuber CLA
QA Contact: Martin Oberhuber CLA
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Blocks: 335411
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Reported: 2011-01-25 13:21 EST by Martin Oberhuber CLA
Modified: 2011-01-25 21:28 EST (History)
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Patch fixing Terminal color definition (5.74 KB, patch)
2011-01-25 13:22 EST, Martin Oberhuber CLA 		no flags Details | Diff
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Description Martin Oberhuber CLA 2011-01-25 13:21:49 EST 
As per the ANSI terminal spec,

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansi_terminal

most terminal programs display colors way darker than the TM terminal. As a result, terminal display is not as readable as it should be.

Also, the definition of "magenta" is incorrect in the TM terminal and "intense" colors don't display intense (just the font is boldface).

Attached patch rectifies this, adopting the xterm color definitions which seem to work well in both "default" (white background) as well as "inverse" (black background) mode.
Comment 1 Martin Oberhuber CLA 2011-01-25 13:22:28 EST 
Created attachment 187555 [details]
Patch fixing Terminal color definition
Comment 2 Martin Oberhuber CLA 2011-01-25 13:23:32 EST 
Fixed.