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authorGravatar axel <axel@liljencrantz.se>2009-02-23 05:17:14 +1000
committerGravatar axel <axel@liljencrantz.se>2009-02-23 05:17:14 +1000
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treeec0f02d8aa09a3ee689dd9b61e69eb83bfef6f54 /doc_src/set_color.txt
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Misc documentation updates
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@@ -26,5 +26,11 @@ in a grey font color, while <code>set_color --bold white</code> will
result in a white font color.
Not all terminal emulators support all these features. This is not a
-bug in set_color but a missing feature in the terminal emulator.
+bug in set_color but a missing feature in the terminal emulator.
+
+set_color uses the terminfo database to look up how to change terminal
+colors on whatever terminal is in use. Some systems have old and
+incomplete terminfo databases, and may lack color information for
+terminals that support it. Download and install the latest version of
+ncurses and recompile fish against it in order to fix this issue.