[ PATCH][TESTREQ],fingerprint colorcode, V 0.2

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On Sun, 25 Jul 2004, Thomas Schorpp wrote:

> issues: on my console dim yellow and bright and few other look SAME
> (bash shell), thats bad, could other platforms verify that, pls? thank you.
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i think that depends more on the terminal than the shell. i attached a TXT 
file with control characters that are not universal, but should work on 
~most~ current terminals to display colors. just cat the file in some 
different terminals and you'll find which ones work, and to what degree.

MD5 (colors) = 62ebf3373f8c54b582a1c8ada32167c9

i would think this is best suited for GUI interfaces (kgpg, seahorse, html 
keyservers, gimp plug-in, etc), not a command line interface... trying to 
do colors on a terminal is an uphill battle that would probably require a 
fair amount of dependencies (curses, slang, etc) and still not work 
everywhere. especially if someone has their terminal configured to display 
non-standard colors.

hhmmm... in the same way that an external photo-viewer can be specified, 
maybe a tiny (external) app can be specified to show fingerprints?

how are you coordinating hex digits to colors? maybe i can whip out some 
PHP for web based apps (aka keyservers).

one question, to everyone who's reading... should this type of interface 
discriminate between v3 and v4 fingerprints? should v3 fingerprints be 
ignored? should there be a border around each color box, so 8 blank spaces 
of a v3 fingerprint can't be confused as 8 white boxes of a v4 
fingerprint?


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1 Bold * Bold
2 Dim or secondary color * Dim or secondary color
3 Italic * Italic
4 Underscore * Underscore
5 Slow Blink * Slow Blink
6 Fast Blink * Fast Blink
7 Reverse * Reverse
8 Concealed - do not echo * Concealed - do not echo
30 Black * Black
31 Red * Red
32 Green * Green
33 Yellow or Brown * Yellow or Brown
34 Blue * Blue
35 Purple * Purple
36 Cyan * Cyan
37 White or Grey * White or Grey
90 Dark Grey * Dark Grey
91 Bright Red * Bright Red
92 Bright Green * Bright Green
93 Bright Yellow * Bright Yellow
94 Bright Blue * Bright Blue
95 Bright Purple * Bright Purple
96 Bright Cyan * Bright Cyan
97 White * White
40 Black Background * Black Background
41 Red Background * Red Background
42 Green Background * Green Background
43 Yellow or Brown Background * Yellow or Brown Background
44 Blue Background * Blue Background
45 Purple Background * Purple Background
46 Cyan Background * Cyan Background
47 White or Grey Background * White or Grey Background
100 Dark Grey Background * Dark Grey Background
101 Bright Red Background * Bright Red Background
102 Bright Green Background * Bright Green Background
103 Bright Yellow Background * Bright Yellow Background
104 Bright Blue Background * Bright Blue Background
105 Bright Purple Background * Bright Purple Background
106 Bright Cyan Background * Bright Cyan Background
107 White Background * White Background