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commit db04b8d2cd90e7aa49f65c71d7bb023f3922fb50
Author: G. Branden Robinson <g.branden.robin...@gmail.com>
AuthorDate: Tue Jun 3 23:28:16 2025 -0500
NEWS: Add item for grotty's new SGR 38/48 support.
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NEWS | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index c0baa46dd..c1a01d53f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -694,6 +694,21 @@ Output drivers
configures representation of character entities in the output. Based
on work by TANAKA Takuji.
+* grotty(1) now supports devices recognizing ECMA-48/ISO 6429 SGR 38
+ and 48 escape sequences that select RGB colors using 8 bits per color
+ channel. A new command-line option, `-t`, configures emission of
+ these escape sequences instead of the SGR 30-37 and 40-47 sequences
+ supporting 3- or 4-bit color. Thanks to Deri James.
+
+ Example:
+
+ $ groff -T utf8 -P -t <<EOF
+ .defcolor pink rgb #ffc0cb
+ .defcolor springgreen rgb #00ff7f
+ Hello, \f[B]\m[pink]colorful \\m[springgreen]world\m[default]\f[]!
+ .pl \n[nl]u
+ EOF
+
* gxditview(1), the X11 output driver and document previewer, now
accepts the option `-v` as a synonym of `--version` (and `-version`).
This change aligns it with other groff output drivers, and makes it
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