From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Nov 27 9:41:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 80C3F14C36 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 1999 09:41:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 762 invoked from network); 27 Nov 1999 17:41:16 -0000 Received: from useraj81.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.133.210) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 27 Nov 1999 17:41:16 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.8.8) id RAA75296; Sat, 27 Nov 1999 17:41:18 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Sat, 27 Nov 1999 17:41:18 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Nate Puri Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: how to get color xterm support Message-ID: <19991127174117.A75100@marder-1> References: <19991127084020.C4426@office.ompages.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <19991127084020.C4426@office.ompages.com> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Nov 27, 1999 at 08:40:20AM -0800, Nate Puri wrote: > Hi all, > > > I've read the 'complete freebsd' but what it tells me to do is > TERM=color-xterm. That does nothing. How can I have color support in my > xterms? Alternatively, what file to I edit to change the fonts colors > etc in my xterms? Thanks > Well, if you just want to change the background and foreground colours then just do: ``xterm -fg white -bg blue'' This works with ``TERM=xterm'' as well. What ``TERM=color-xterm'' does is add colour support for applications. Try sysinstall(1) with TERM set to both ``xterm'' and ``color-xterm'' and you will see. > nate > -- > NatePuri publisher@ompages.com > FreeBSD Newbie http://www.freebsd.org > Freedom Fighter http://www.ompages.com > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- PERL has been described as "the duct tape of the Internet" and "the Unix Swiss Army chainsaw" - Computer Shopper 12/99 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message