From 07f6d0b350c00c754450e0e00efb39e234e78c21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Přemysl Janouch Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2015 22:42:53 +0200 Subject: degesch: enable bright backgrounds on 8-color terms --- degesch.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/degesch.c b/degesch.c index 35dcce0..4914bc4 100644 --- a/degesch.c +++ b/degesch.c @@ -2227,19 +2227,36 @@ attribute_printer_update (struct attribute_printer *self) int bg = attribute_printer_decode_color (self->want_background, &bg_is_bright); - // TODO: (INVERSE | BOLD) should be used for bright backgrounds - // when possible, i.e. when the foreground shouldn't be bright as well - // and when the BOLD attribute hasn't already been set int attributes = self->want; - if (attributes & ATTRIBUTE_INVERSE) + bool have_inverse = !!(attributes & ATTRIBUTE_INVERSE); + if (have_inverse) { bool tmp = fg_is_bright; fg_is_bright = bg_is_bright; bg_is_bright = tmp; } - if (fg_is_bright) attributes |= ATTRIBUTE_BOLD; - if (bg_is_bright) attributes |= ATTRIBUTE_BLINK; + // In 8 colour mode, some terminals don't support bright backgrounds. + // However, we can make use of the fact that the brightness change caused + // by the bold attribute is retained when inverting the colours. + // This has the downside of making the text bold when it's not supposed + // to be, and we still can't make both colours bright, so it's more of + // an interesting hack rather than anything else. + if (!fg_is_bright && bg_is_bright && have_inverse) + attributes |= ATTRIBUTE_BOLD; + else if (!fg_is_bright && bg_is_bright + && !have_inverse && fg >= 0 && bg >= 0) + { + // As long as none of the colours is the default, we can swap them + int tmp = fg; fg = bg; bg = tmp; + attributes |= ATTRIBUTE_BOLD | ATTRIBUTE_INVERSE; + } + else + { + // This is what works on normal, decent terminals + if (fg_is_bright) attributes |= ATTRIBUTE_BOLD; + if (bg_is_bright) attributes |= ATTRIBUTE_BLINK; + } attribute_printer_reset (self); -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2