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authorEli Zaretskii2002-01-14 13:51:13 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii2002-01-14 13:51:13 +0000
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Suggest to use --color if the terminal capabilities lie.
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@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ entry that supports color is `xterm-color', so setting TERM's value to
260`xterm-color' might activate the color support on an xterm-compatible 260`xterm-color' might activate the color support on an xterm-compatible
261emulator. 261emulator.
262 262
263Beginning with version 21.3, Emacs supports the --color command-line
264option which may be used to force Emacs to use one of a few popular
265modes for getting colors on a tty. For example, --color=ansi8 sets up
266for using the ANSI-standard escape sequences that support 8 colors.
267
263Some modes do not use colors unless you turn on the Font-lock mode. 268Some modes do not use colors unless you turn on the Font-lock mode.
264Some people have long ago set their `~/.emacs' files to turn on 269Some people have long ago set their `~/.emacs' files to turn on
265Font-lock on X only, so they won't see colors on a tty. The 270Font-lock on X only, so they won't see colors on a tty. The