micro-editor / micro-editor/micro

Some truecolour colourschemes in `help colors` don't actually work

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Description

Hey, I've just discovered micro (long time nano user) and I really like it, thanks for working on this. The ease of installation is a godsend - no longer do I have to compile new versions of nano on our HPC cluster!

I noticed some mistakes in in > help colors

Description of the problem or steps to reproduce

  1. Try to set colour scheme to atom-dark-tc or github-tc using > set colorscheme
  2. Get error message about non-existent colour scheme

atom-dark (without the -tc suffix) works, but github doesn't.

$COLORTERM is set to truecolor, $MICRO_TRUECOLOR is set to 1.

Specifications

Commit hash: c51f849
OS: Linux (Ubuntu Budgie 18.04)
Terminal: Tillix

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the issue with help colors and set colorscheme for atom-dark-tc, github-tc, atom-dark, and github in micro. Trace how the listed truecolour schemes are registered and selected. Done means the schemes listed in help colors can be selected successfully when truecolour is enabled, without non-existent-colour-scheme errors.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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