From 8041037eda433bcc7a0ee22e795b7ffefe8faf23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Hyperling <me@hyperling.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:52:16 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Properly handle terminals which do not have 256 colors.

---
 rc_shared.sh | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rc_shared.sh b/rc_shared.sh
index 951a83f..ac31d97 100644
--- a/rc_shared.sh
+++ b/rc_shared.sh
@@ -9,15 +9,39 @@ export PATH="$PATH:~/bin-shared:~/.bin-shared"
 
 # PS1 Colors #
 
-export PURPLE="`tput setaf 55`"
-export ORANGE="`tput setaf 208`"
-export GREEN="`tput setaf 34`"
+colors=`tput colors`
+if (( colors >= 256 )); then
+	export PURPLE="`tput setaf 55`"
+	export ORANGE="`tput setaf 208`"
+	export GREEN="`tput setaf 34`"
 
-export RED="`tput setaf 196`"
-export SCARLET="`tput setaf 160`"
-export YELLOW="`tput setaf 226`"
+	export RED="`tput setaf 196`"
+	export SCARLET="`tput setaf 160`"
+	export YELLOW="`tput setaf 226`"
+
+	export GRAY="`tput setaf 243`"
+elif (( colors == 16 )); then
+	export PURPLE="`tput setaf 13`"
+	export ORANGE="`tput setaf 11`"
+	export GREEN="`tput setaf 02`"
+
+	export RED="`tput setaf 09`"
+	export SCARLET="`tput setaf 01`"
+	export YELLOW="`tput setaf 11`"
+
+	export GRAY="`tput setaf 08`"
+else
+	export PURPLE="`tput setaf 05`"
+	export ORANGE="`tput setaf 03`"
+	export GREEN="`tput setaf 02`"
+
+	export RED="`tput setaf 05`"
+	export SCARLET="`tput setaf 01`"
+	export YELLOW="`tput setaf 03`"
+
+	export GRAY="`tput setaf 07`"
+fi
 
-export GRAY="`tput setaf 243`"
 
 export RESET="`tput sgr0`"
 export BOLD="`tput bold`"
@@ -862,8 +886,10 @@ function git-check {
 # TBD: Move this to a different section?
 function check-colors {
 	min=0
-	max=255
+	max=256
 	unset i
+	echo "Current terminal supports '`tput colors`' colors."
+	echo "Displaying examples..."
 	for (( i = min; i <= max; i++ )); do
 		tput setaf $i
 		printf "%03d" "$i"