Specs for new color schemes

[vefatica]

Can you guide me to a file containing the specifications (16-color palette, foreground, background, cursor) for the 3 new color schemes?

Thanks!

[DHowett]

No formal specifications exist for them. They were discussed in...

• Dark+: Add Dark+ #6176
• IBM and CGA: Add color scheme for EGA (the "16 color ANSI" palette) #16754, Add color scheme for EGA (the "16 color ANSI" palette) #16754 (comment) (specifically)

[vefatica]

Thanks. Are they in any source code that's available to me? Oh, I just discovered that I can dig them out of the settings dialog (one color at a time)? I have a lot of time; that works for me.

Can the selection colors be set with a control sequence?

[vefatica]

Oops! No I can't dig them out of settings. That was just for the "Billow" scheme (which is spec'd in my settings file). Where did that come from?

[DHowett]

Uhh... that's not one of ours! It probably came from a Fragment Extension. Check out %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows Terminal\Fragments (user) and %PROGRAMDATA%\Microsoft\Windows Terminal\Fragments (system).

If it's not in there, it came from an app package and those are harder to find.

Honestly, the easiest way to dig out any scheme will be to [Create a copy], [Save], and then get it out of your settings file.

[vefatica]

How about setting the selection colors with a control sequence ... possible?

[vefatica]

I think something is amiss. I made a copy of "CGA" and got this (below) in my settings file. I don't think the cursor is supposed to be green!

        {
            "background": "#000000",
            "black": "#000000",
            "blue": "#0000AA",
            "brightBlack": "#555555",
            "brightBlue": "#5555FF",
            "brightCyan": "#55FFFF",
            "brightGreen": "#55FF55",
            "brightPurple": "#FF55FF",
            "brightRed": "#FF5555",
            "brightWhite": "#FFFFFF",
            "brightYellow": "#FFFF55",
            "cursorColor": "#00AA00",
            "cyan": "#00AAAA",
            "foreground": "#AAAAAA",
            "green": "#00AA00",
            "name": "CGA (Copy)",
            "purple": "#AA00AA",
            "red": "#AA0000",
            "selectionBackground": "#FFFFFF",
            "white": "#AAAAAA",
            "yellow": "#AA5500"
        }

It's actually not green if I use CGA or CGA (Copy) for a profile but it is green (no surprise) if I manually (control sequences) set the colors to the above (as saved in my settings file).
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[vefatica]

The same thing happens when I copy "IBM 5153". The settings file's selection background looks wrong too; like the cursor color, it's not what you get if you assign the theme to a profile.

[DHowett]

It's actually not green if I use CGA or CGA (Copy) for a profile

???

This is what I get when I set a profile to use CGA.

It absolutely is for me. If I had to guess, something about your shell profile is overwriting it.

Selection background

The selection color is always blended at 50% or 80% opacity (I can't remember which) with the rest of the terminal. It's a bit of a misnomer to call it a background, or to say it is a solid color.

[vefatica]

It's not my shell. Here's CMD, configured to use the "CGA" scheme.

And settings also shows a white cursor.

I'm using WindowsTerminal 1.21.2405.06002 (preview).

[vefatica]

OK, I had this (below). If I did that it was YEARS ago. It was overriding (wrongly, as I see it) the scheme-specified value. What about selectionBackground? CGA Copy says FFFFFF but that's not what I get.

    "profiles": 
    {
        "defaults": 
        {
            "closeOnExit": "always",
            "colorScheme": "Campbell",
            "cursorColor": "#C0C0C0",

[DHowett]

Can you show me what you do get?

[vefatica]

For CGA selectionBackground (also CGA copy) I get this. It's 0x808080.

[DHowett]

The selection color is always blended at 50% or 80% opacity (I can't remember which) with the rest of the terminal. It's a bit of a misnomer to call it a background, or to say it is a solid color.

Guess that means it’s 50%!

FFFFFF x 0.50 + 000000 = 808080

[DHowett]

Funny enough, I just stumbled across #11181 . . . which you filed, and where we discussed the selection color blending. Time is a flat circle!

[vefatica]

OK, thanks for the explanation. As you can see, the cursor is green now that I got rid of that "default" value.

[DHowett]

Excellent!