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Document problems with insufficient number of colors on X.

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Eli Zaretskii 2002-01-22 11:03:19 +00:00
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@ -246,6 +246,22 @@ All modern systems support terminfo, so even if ncurses is not the
problem, you should look for a way to configure Emacs so that it uses
terminfo when built.
* Error messages about undefined colors on X.
The messages might say something like this:
Unable to load color "grey95"
(typically, in the `*Messages*' buffer), or something like this:
Error while displaying tooltip: (error Undefined color lightyellow)
These problems could happen if some other X program has used up too
many colors of the X palette, leaving Emacs with insufficient system
resources to load all the colors it needs.
A solution is to exit the offending X programs before starting Emacs.
* Colors are not available on a tty or in xterm.
Emacs 21 supports colors on character terminals and terminal