Aurélien Aptel <aurelien.ap...@gmail.com> writes: > On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 8:10 PM, David Tweed <david.tw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> to convert DefaultBG and DefaultFG from #define's into full C >> variables with defaults and add option partsing code to set them >> according to -fg and -bg. (The simplest thing would be to make the >> argument be an array index rather than parsing a colour spec.) Before >> I start working on a patch, does that sound like the appropriate way >> to do this or is there a different way of handling colour that's being >> envisaged? > > A X11 parsable color is better (#rrggbb, "light red", etc).
This is true, because then XAllocNamedColor will handle everything for you. It is also worth considering whether to handle this via X Resources (the ~/.Xdefaults file) instead of command line options - since a terminal is not normally something you are going to start by invoking directly, but rather through a shortcut in your window manager. -- \ Troels /\ Henriksen
