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Date:      Sun, 17 Mar 1996 03:44:51 -0800 (PST)
From:      Donald Burr <d_burr@ix.netcom.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Is there an xterm that faithfully recreates FreeBSD syscons?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960317034143.21932A-100000@starfleet.gov>

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I love working in X.  What I don't love is that many of my favorite 
console-based programs don't look good in the stock xterm, color_xterm, 
or rxvt.  For example, try running editors such as JED or JOVE, comm 
programs such as Minicom, or system tools like pkg_manage in one of these 
type windows, you'll see what I mean.  Uneven highlighting, weird 
treatment of background/foreground/whatnot colors, and generally 
screwball behavior.

So, I ask: is there a better xterm-like program that more faithfully 
displays console-based (i.e. syscons) applications?  OR, is there a way 
of configuring or playing around with Xterm/rxvt/etc. (possibly X 
configs, or termcap entries, or whatnot) to make such character-based 
apps look better?

Any help gratefully appreciated.  THANKS!

Donald Burr [d_burr@ix.netcom.com], PO Box 91212, Santa Barbara CA 93190-1212
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