From fa2301bf38993a0be6499eeb96bf8e24e03ea165 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 13:51:13 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Suggest to use --color if the terminal capabilities lie. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index be3cd8ddf0d..e8856f3e2ae 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ entry that supports color is `xterm-color', so setting TERM's value to `xterm-color' might activate the color support on an xterm-compatible emulator. +Beginning with version 21.3, Emacs supports the --color command-line +option which may be used to force Emacs to use one of a few popular +modes for getting colors on a tty. For example, --color=ansi8 sets up +for using the ANSI-standard escape sequences that support 8 colors. + Some modes do not use colors unless you turn on the Font-lock mode. Some people have long ago set their `~/.emacs' files to turn on Font-lock on X only, so they won't see colors on a tty. The -- 2.39.5