nano

commit c2b4c2ae0e2751fbef747e57100fa2dae8127e24
parent 9f1431be17706a17640576326cc70d92749ef4b4
Author: Benno Schulenberg <bensberg@telfort.nl>
Date:   Fri, 22 Mar 2024 11:23:05 +0100

docs: mention that 'light' background colors do not work on Linux console

This addresses https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?65501.
Reported-by: Alan Cristhian Ruiz <alancristhian@protonmail.com>

Diffstat:
M
doc/nano.texi
 | 
4
++++
M
doc/nanorc.5
 | 
4
++++

2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/nano.texi b/doc/nano.texi
@@ -984,6 +984,8 @@ Each of these eight names may be prefixed with the word
 @code{light} to get a brighter version of that color.
 The word @code{grey} or @code{gray} may be used
 as a synonym for @code{lightblack}.
+On a Linux console, @code{light} does not have
+any effect for a background color.
 
 On terminal emulators that can do at least 256 colors,
 other valid (but unprefixable) color names are:
@@ -1336,6 +1338,8 @@ Each of these eight names may be prefixed with the word
 @code{light} to get a brighter version of that color.
 The word @code{grey} or @code{gray} may be used
 as a synonym for @code{lightblack}.
+On a Linux console, @code{light} does not have
+any effect for a background color.
 
 On terminal emulators that can do at least 256 colors,
 other valid (but unprefixable) color names are:
diff --git a/doc/nanorc.5 b/doc/nanorc.5
@@ -364,6 +364,8 @@ Each of these eight names may be prefixed with the word \fBlight\fR
 to get a brighter version of that color.
 The word \fBgrey\fR or \fBgray\fR may be used
 as a synonym for \fBlightblack\fR.
+On a Linux console, \fBlight\fR does not have
+any effect for a background color.
 On terminal emulators that can do at least 256 colors,
 other valid (but unprefixable) color names are:
 .BR pink ", " purple ", " mauve ", " lagoon ", " mint ", "
@@ -513,6 +515,8 @@ Each of these eight names may be prefixed with the word \fBlight\fR
 to get a brighter version of that color.
 The word \fBgrey\fR or \fBgray\fR may be used
 as a synonym for \fBlightblack\fR.
+On a Linux console, \fBlight\fR does not have
+any effect for a background color.
 On terminal emulators that can do at least 256 colors,
 other valid (but unprefixable) color names are:
 .BR pink ", " purple ", " mauve ", " lagoon ", " mint ", "