From e0c124ce537e185f44ae806cd3ff85c4ca124956 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:51:53 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document the new --color arg and tty-color-mode frame parameter. --- etc/NEWS | 17 +++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index e246f33b4cd..db61a1ce0c4 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -28,6 +28,17 @@ Emacs with Leim. * Changes in Emacs 21.3 ++++ +** The new command-line option --color=MODE lets you specify a standard +mode for a tty color support. It is meant to be used on character +terminals whose capabilities are not set correctly in the terminal +database, or with terminal emulators which support colors, but don't +set the TERM environment variable to a name of a color-capable +terminal. "emacs --color" uses the same color commands as GNU `ls' +when invoked with "ls --color", so if your terminal can support colors +in "ls --color", it will support "emacs --color" as well. See the +user manual for the possible values of the MODE parameter. + +++ ** Emacs can now be invoked in full-screen mode on a windowed display. @@ -315,6 +326,12 @@ SQL buffer. * Lisp Changes in Emacs 21.3 ++++ +** The new frame parameter `tty-color-mode' specifies the mode to use +for color support on character terminal frames. Its value can be a +number of colors to support, or a symbol. See the Emacs Lisp +Reference manual for more detailed documentation. + ** Already true in Emacs 21.1, but not emphasized clearly enough: Multibyte buffers can now faithfully record all 256 character codes -- 2.39.5