On Fr, 21 Apr 2023, Enan Ajmain wrote:
> I know colorschemes have been a source of issue for ignorant vimmers > for a long time. This is not an attempt to restart old conversation. I > am looking for pointers where to research this question. > > From ':h cterm-colors': > > NR-16 NR-8 COLOR NAME > 0 0 Black > 1 4 DarkBlue > 2 2 DarkGreen > 3 6 DarkCyan > 4 1 DarkRed > 5 5 DarkMagenta > 6 3 Brown, DarkYellow > 7 7 LightGray, LightGrey, Gray, Grey > 8 0* DarkGray, DarkGrey > 9 4* Blue, LightBlue > 10 2* Green, LightGreen > 11 6* Cyan, LightCyan > 12 1* Red, LightRed > 13 5* Magenta, LightMagenta > 14 3* Yellow, LightYellow > 15 7* White > > The color codes for NR-16 don't make sense to me. Take Yellow, for example. > Why is it numbered 14? 16-bit terminals use 11 for bright yellow [1]. Why is > it different inside Vim? It's not like Vim chose a different color, it's more like this documents "standard" behaviour back in the time. I believe this is just documenting the CGA standard. You can find it e.g. here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_Graphics_Adapter and check the Full CGA 16-color palette chart. Best, Christian -- Die Zahl derer, die durch zu viele Informationen nicht mehr informiert sind, wächst. -- Rudolf Augstein -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/ZEJytsJ8KkIaRXiH%40256bit.org.
