# Re: [kde] kde konsole color settings in terminal

2 messages from 2009-01-12 to 2009-01-12. Participants: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr., mark.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/17128

## Boyd Stephen Smith Jr., 2009-01-12 22:18

Subject: Re: [kde] kde konsole color settings in terminal
Message-ID: <200901121618.52636.bss@iguanasuicide.net>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/200901121618.52636.bss%40iguanasuicide.net
In-Reply-To: <82fa9e310901121335p4bd1e223x8eea1881c0add364@mail.gmail.com>

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On Monday 2009 January 12 15:35:08 mark wrote:
>i am using kde konsole, and i am getting weird output for colors, for
>example for git log i get the following output
>
>git log
>ESC[33mcommit 8b918256d944221f741e5d7300873810e31466a6ESC[m

Looks like konsole isn't interpreting the color codes.  However, it also looks 
like git doesn't use termcap/terminfo/etc. to determine the correct way to 
write colors for your terminal and just defaults to ANSI.

Do you get odd output from:
grep --color=always o <<< foo
or are the "o"s properly colored red?

>settings in my bash and git.
>
>export | grep -i term
>declare -x TERM="xterm-256color"

So you have a /usr/share/terminfo/k/konsole-256color file?  If so, it might be 
better to use TERM="konsole-256color".

I never use 256 color mode, so I'm not clear on how that works.  However, what 
git is outputting look more like ANSI 16-color codes.

Does this work as you expect in other terminal applications (like rxvt or 
xterm or gnome-terminal) with the same settings for TERM?

Just to let you know, it works here (openSUSE 11.1) with Konsole 1.6.6 (KDE 
3.5.10) running git 1.6.0.2 inside screen 4.00.02
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## mark, 2009-01-12 22:30

Subject: Re: [kde] kde konsole color settings in terminal
Message-ID: <82fa9e310901121430q75c497dfye51a58cce19d2d94@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/82fa9e310901121430q75c497dfye51a58cce19d2d94%40mail.gmail.com
In-Reply-To: <200901121618.52636.bss@iguanasuicide.net>

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On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
<bss@iguanasuicide.net> wrote:
> On Monday 2009 January 12 15:35:08 mark wrote:
>>i am using kde konsole, and i am getting weird output for colors, for
>>example for git log i get the following output
>>
>>git log
>>ESC[33mcommit 8b918256d944221f741e5d7300873810e31466a6ESC[m
>
> Looks like konsole isn't interpreting the color codes.  However, it also looks
> like git doesn't use termcap/terminfo/etc. to determine the correct way to
> write colors for your terminal and just defaults to ANSI.
>
> Do you get odd output from:
> grep --color=always o <<< foo
> or are the "o"s properly colored red?
[mark@localhost blue]$ grep --color=always o <<< foo
foo

yes the oo s are colored yellow.


>>settings in my bash and git.
>>
>>export | grep -i term
>>declare -x TERM="xterm-256color"
>
> So you have a /usr/share/terminfo/k/konsole-256color file?  If so, it might be
> better to use TERM="konsole-256color".
i do not have that file you specify.
I have only these
ls /usr/share/terminfo/k/*
/usr/share/terminfo/k/kon  /usr/share/terminfo/k/kon2



> I never use 256 color mode, so I'm not clear on how that works.  However, what
> git is outputting look more like ANSI 16-color codes.
>
> Does this work as you expect in other terminal applications (like rxvt or
> xterm or gnome-terminal) with the same settings for TERM?
no, it is not working on gnome-terminal or xterm. i do not have rxvt.
i even tried with TERM=xterm.

still the same problem!!
i am running on kde 4.1.3, fedora 10 latest updates.

i am getting good colors on vim.

i like git colors, help me out!
thanks a lot!

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