linux-kernel - Re: RFE: tty color features

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.01.1209250901040.25195@nerf07.vanv.qr>
Date:	Tue, 25 Sep 2012 09:02:47 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...i.de>
To:	Dave Yost <Dave@...t.com>
cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: RFE: tty color features

On Tuesday 2012-09-25 08:01, Dave Yost wrote:

>It would be nice to be able to specify fg/bg colors at the tty level, 
>so that echoed characters can be colorized.

The tty layer does not know what $TERM is used, so it cannot reliably 
produce any codes. But you can edit GNU screen because it has that 
knowledge and the fds.

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