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Re:I Just Wanted Emacs to Look Nice – Using 24-Bit Color in ... by Sjonny on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @11:07AM (#39191787)
COLORTERM is also a very weird thing. Most of the time I don't need it to be defined, but when using a screen session it suddenly looks very crappy when COLORTERM is set to truecolor. Removing the env var makes it look all normal again.
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Re:I Just Wanted Emacs to Look Nice – Using 24-Bit Color in ... by bhaak on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @12:10PM (#39192677)
Does your screen even support 24bit colors?

If unsetting COLORTERM fixes the display problem then it is a program issuing 24bit colors but the terminal (in your case screen) not understanding the escape sequences.

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Re:I Just Wanted Emacs to Look Nice – Using 24-Bit Color in ... by spudlyo on Tuesday January 30, 2024 @01:07PM (#39193476)
Tmux supports 24-bit color. I bit the bullet and switched a few years ago, and my muscle memory remains exactly the same. I'm incredibly happy with the power, flexibility, configurability, and reliability of Tmux.
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