Re: wsconst changing forground/background colors

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On Fri, 29 Oct 2021, Riza Dindir wrote:

> How is it possible to use the "light" colors defined in the
> "src/sys/dev/wscons/wsdisplayvar.h" file with the wsconsctl? Although
> in the "console drivers" sections in the guide, it says we can only
> use the first 8 colors, it seems.

You'll have to patch wsconsctl to use those "light" colours. However,
apart from WSCOL_LIGHT_GREY, the light colours are actually the _bold_
variants of the corresponding colours, and so aggravate your case.

---START PATCH---
diff -urN a/wsconsctl/util.c b/wsconsctl/util.c
--- a/wsconsctl/util.c	2018-11-23 06:31:57.000000000 +0000
+++ b/wsconsctl/util.c	2021-10-29 21:11:55.338724885 +0000
@@ -154,6 +154,14 @@
 	{ WSCOL_MAGENTA,		"magenta" },
 	{ WSCOL_CYAN,			"cyan" },
 	{ WSCOL_WHITE,			"white" },
+	{ WSCOL_LIGHT_GREY,		"grey" },
+	{ WSCOL_LIGHT_RED,		"bold_red" },
+	{ WSCOL_LIGHT_GREEN,		"bold_green" },
+	{ WSCOL_LIGHT_BROWN,		"bold_brown" },
+	{ WSCOL_LIGHT_BLUE,		"bold_blue" },
+	{ WSCOL_LIGHT_MAGENTA,		"bold_magenta" },
+	{ WSCOL_LIGHT_CYAN,		"bold_cyan" },
+	{ WSCOL_LIGHT_WHITE,		"bold_white" },
 };

 static struct nameint attr_tab[] = {
diff -urN a/wsconsctl/wsconsctl.h b/wsconsctl/wsconsctl.h
--- a/wsconsctl/wsconsctl.h	2018-11-23 06:31:57.000000000 +0000
+++ b/wsconsctl/wsconsctl.h	2021-10-29 20:53:55.135438517 +0000
@@ -41,6 +41,14 @@
 #define WSCOL_MAGENTA		5
 #define WSCOL_CYAN		6
 #define WSCOL_WHITE		7
+#define WSCOL_LIGHT_GREY	(WSCOL_BLACK+8)
+#define WSCOL_LIGHT_RED		(WSCOL_RED+8)
+#define WSCOL_LIGHT_GREEN	(WSCOL_GREEN+8)
+#define WSCOL_LIGHT_BROWN	(WSCOL_BROWN+8)
+#define WSCOL_LIGHT_BLUE	(WSCOL_BLUE+8)
+#define WSCOL_LIGHT_MAGENTA	(WSCOL_MAGENTA+8)
+#define WSCOL_LIGHT_CYAN	(WSCOL_CYAN+8)
+#define WSCOL_LIGHT_WHITE	(WSCOL_WHITE+8)
 /* flag values: */
 #define WSATTR_NONE		0
 #define WSATTR_REVERSE		1
---END PATCH---

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