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When do the colors in the custom color palette of terminator kick-in?


In terminator it is possible to choose your own color palette, see screenshot

I was wondering when these colors actually are used. I know that some of them are used for decoration, other are dependend on the file permission or type. But I can't find a documentation for this.


Solution

  • When do the colors in the custom color palette of terminator kick-in?

    They are used for when ANSI color escape codes are replaced by actual colors. The colors in order correspond to numbers of ANSI escape codes in 2*8 color palette, most probably the upper row is for normal colors and the bottom row are bright colors.

    So they "kick in" when a program outputs an ansi escape code for this color.