URxvt, Xresources, and 256 Colors Question

ChrispyChris3 · 2022-03-07 21:05:48

Alright, I've been reading around on this topic all morning and have basically gotten stuck trying to figure out literally this last piece. I'm unsure if it's possible and can't seem to find a post specifying this, so hopefully someone can help or point me to one .

Sorry if the screenshots are a little tough to see, I tried shrinking them a little for this post.

Example 1: In the screenshot you will see my colors.Xresources file being catted out to see how it is set. That is being included into .Xresources, so no issue with that part. The problem comes in when I'm setting my colors for other things, for example LS_COLORS. You can see I set the sixteen base colors and I know that's where the problem lies, since the other 256 seem to be based from there. If you look I also included my .dircolors file and you can see the second entry "DIR" actually shows inside neovim what color it should be, assuming no issues with the base colors (this is my issue haha). However you can see on the bottom right that my directories are not that color, since the Xresources 0-16 mess that up.
https://i.imgur.com/SNQkE0Z.png

Example 2: I've removed the colors.Xresources 0-16 colors, xrdb reload .Xresources, and refreshed i3, so now you can see my borders change and all. Also the dircolors works as is show inside neovim now (I even changed DIR to show you), which is how I'd like it, WHILE retaining the good colors I used initially in example 1 for my borders, i3-bar, and others. This whole issue has made setting colors for other programs difficult, since I can't seem to use colors I want. Is there a way to fix this while retaining a theme like I had with Xresource colors 0-16 or am I hosed basically?
https://i.imgur.com/au4KgX3.png

To further add one last thing, I can sit inside .dircolors and increment the 38;5;(NUMBER) and 48;5;(NUMBER) when Xresources colors 0-16 aren't set, and pretty much get exactly what I see inside .dircolors while editing, when I use ls --colors. As soon as I add colors 0-16 it just doesn't work, I get random colors on ls --colors output.

This last image uses the same .dir_colors as the second picture, but you can see how it changes the output of ls --color now that I enabled colors 0-16 again in .Xresources.
https://i.imgur.com/LKmCnKS.png

Edit: Been trying to remember every issue I had and another popped up after writing. When I set dir_colors above a certain number to basically use 256, it won't work when my colors 0-16 are set, and that's what I was talking about how other programs and things get their colors weird when I set those 0-16. If you look at this picture I post, the output of ls eventually shows the background disappearing, but it should be teal if you check the background number in the file. (It's hard to see but it's 48.)
https://i.imgur.com/wD6hmcz.png

TLDR: I'd like to set my theme and colors without messing up the colors for every other application. Is it possible for each to use it's own pallet, or is your system confined to one? I apologize if this is confusing, but I've gotten confused myself at this point.

Mod Edit - Replaced oversized images with links.
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Last edited by Slithery (2022-03-07 21:43:09)

Slithery · 2022-03-07 21:42:48

That's now the third time that I've removed your images for breaking the forum rules.
Don't do that again and consider this your first warning.

Just to be clear...
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … s_and_code

ChrispyChris3 · 2022-03-07 21:47:17

Slithery wrote:

That's now the third time that I've removed your images for breaking the forum rules.
Don't do that again and consider this your first warning.
Just to be clear...
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … s_and_code

Sorry, I didn't even realize you were removing them. I've been editting the post like crazy and just finished. I must have been saving it after you made the edit, won't happen again!

Last edited by ChrispyChris3 (2022-03-07 21:48:55)

Slithery · 2022-03-07 21:49:06

ChrispyChris3 wrote:

Slithery wrote:
That's now the third time that I've removed your images for breaking the forum rules.
Don't do that again and consider this your first warning.
Just to be clear...
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … s_and_code
Sorry, I didn't even realize you were removing them. I've been editting the post like crazy and just finished, won't happen again!

No problem. Sorry for the confusion

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URxvt, Xresources, and 256 Colors Question

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