Re: [Fish-users] set_color --dim

[Mark Volkmann]

Thanks Kurtis! One tricky thing is that after making the changes I needed
to quit out of tmux and open a new terminal window before I could see the
effect. Just sharing this for others.

On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Kurtis Rader  wrote:

> On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Kurtis Rader 
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 6:20 AM, Mark Volkmann > > wrote:
>>
>>> Is it possible to get "set_color --dim" to work on macOS?
>>> It was quite a battle to get --italic to work, but I'm past that.
>>> I just want to verify that it is possible to get --dim working before I
>>> expend any more effort.
>>>
>>
>> Your terminal and its terminfo definition have to support it. If you run
>>
>> infocmp -1L | grep enter_dim_mode
>>
>> and get no output then your terminfo doesn't support it and therefore
>> fish can't either. Note that xterm doesn't support dim mode so the usual
>> xterm terminfo definitions don't either. Both Terminal.app and iTerm2
>> support dim mode but if you're using a xterm terminfo definition (e.g.,
>> "xterm-256color") then fish doesn't know the terminal supports it. You'll
>> need to create a custom terminfo definition that includes
>> "enter_dim_mode=\E[2m".
>>
>
> Correction, the terminfo entry should be "dim=\E[2m,". The string
> "enter_dim_mode" is what a program like fish uses to retrieve the dim
> capability string.
>
> --
> Kurtis Rader
> Caretaker of the exceptional canines Junior and Hank
>



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Re: [Fish-users] set_color --dim

[Kurtis Rader]

On Fri, Sep 22, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Kurtis Rader  wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 6:20 AM, Mark Volkmann 
> wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to get "set_color --dim" to work on macOS?
>> It was quite a battle to get --italic to work, but I'm past that.
>> I just want to verify that it is possible to get --dim working before I
>> expend any more effort.
>>
>
> Your terminal and its terminfo definition have to support it. If you run
>
> infocmp -1L | grep enter_dim_mode
>
> and get no output then your terminfo doesn't support it and therefore fish
> can't either. Note that xterm doesn't support dim mode so the usual xterm
> terminfo definitions don't either. Both Terminal.app and iTerm2 support dim
> mode but if you're using a xterm terminfo definition (e.g.,
> "xterm-256color") then fish doesn't know the terminal supports it. You'll
> need to create a custom terminfo definition that includes
> "enter_dim_mode=\E[2m".
>

Correction, the terminfo entry should be "dim=\E[2m,". The string
"enter_dim_mode" is what a program like fish uses to retrieve the dim
capability string.

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Re: [Fish-users] set_color --dim

[Kurtis Rader]

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 6:20 AM, Mark Volkmann 
wrote:

> Is it possible to get "set_color --dim" to work on macOS?
> It was quite a battle to get --italic to work, but I'm past that.
> I just want to verify that it is possible to get --dim working before I
> expend any more effort.
>

Your terminal and its terminfo definition have to support it. If you run

infocmp -1L | grep enter_dim_mode

and get no output then your terminfo doesn't support it and therefore fish
can't either. Note that xterm doesn't support dim mode so the usual xterm
terminfo definitions don't either. Both Terminal.app and iTerm2 support dim
mode but if you're using a xterm terminfo definition (e.g.,
"xterm-256color") then fish doesn't know the terminal supports it. You'll
need to create a custom terminfo definition that includes
"enter_dim_mode=\E[2m".

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[Fish-users] set_color --dim

[Mark Volkmann]

Is it possible to get "set_color --dim" to work on macOS?
It was quite a battle to get --italic to work, but I'm past that.
I just want to verify that it is possible to get --dim working before I
expend any more effort.

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Object Computing, Inc.
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