Using some of node.js tools like mocha in my urxvt terminal, I have some problems with coloured output. Some of the text that are using colour code 90 as you can see here will be disappeared in terminal.
tput colors output is:
256
And using this command:
(x=`tput op` y=`printf %76s`;for i in {0..256};do o=00$i;echo -e ${o:${#o}-3:3} `tput setaf $i;tput setab $i`${y// /=}(x=`tput op` y=`printf %76s`;for i in {0..256};do o=00$i;echo -e ${o:${#o}-3:3} `tput setaf $i;tput setab $i`${y// /=}$x;done)$x;done)
It seems I have all available colours.
But when I try to echo something like this:
echo '\e[0;90m shahin \e[m '
There will be a just an empty line printed!
Is there anyway to define this colour code manually?
Thank you all!
Update:
I think some images will describe the situation much better. Here is an image of echo command in finalterm terminal:
And here I put the result from urxvt:
And here is the result of this perl script that is running on the same urxvt:
Best Answer
The problem is not that the color is not visible,
it is just the same as the terminal background, dark gray for example.
The there is a color that is essentially transparent, showing the terminal default color underneath. But it is not shure this color is in use - it may be just that the "black" color used for background is actually the same dark gray as you use for foreground.
If possible, open a teminal that allows to experiment with colors settings easily with a gui, like
konsoleorgnome-terminal, and clearly shows what you can change. Or just experiment inrxvt-unicodeif it is suitable.I think you will at least have some clue what is wrong, if not a solution.
If it's not solved then, present your new information here, and let's work the details out.
Sidenote:
I did not get your long command to work by copy and paste, but it may be similar to
colortest-256from the package
colorteston Ubuntu etc.Try
colortest-16too, it may help to explain your problem.If not, post a screenshot!