I've investigated a bit more, and if I interpret it correctly, it seems that the new vte way of doing it is not only more correct, but also allows access to more colours. It took me a few days to reconfigure dircolors/LS_COLORS, mutt, my prompt, etc., but I'm in agreement that this change is for the better.
I'm happy for this to be closed, unless you think it's worth adding the config option. I doubt I'd use it personally. FWIW I also came across a report somewhere else that described how some OS X terminals had a similar option as well, if that is relevant.
I've investigated a bit more, and if I interpret it correctly, it seems that the new vte way of doing it is not only more correct, but also allows access to more colours. It took me a few days to reconfigure dircolors/ LS_COLORS, mutt, my prompt, etc., but I'm in agreement that this change is for the better.
I'm happy for this to be closed, unless you think it's worth adding the config option. I doubt I'd use it personally. FWIW I also came across a report somewhere else that described how some OS X terminals had a similar option as well, if that is relevant.
Thanks for the information!