Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 12:47:42 +0100 From: Daniel Bye <dan@slightlystrange.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: colour in the console and xterms Message-ID: <20030709114742.GD693@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> In-Reply-To: <20030709074033.A1402@sillyrabbi> References: <20030709074033.A1402@sillyrabbi>
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--5gxpn/Q6ypwruk0T Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 07:40:33AM -0400, William O'Higgins wrote: > I am trying to migrate to FreeBSD from Linux, but some things just > aren't working the way I'd like. >=20 > When I launch an xterm it honours my .bashrc, and I get my custom prompt, > which includes colour, but no other colour seems to work - not vim, not > ls -G, not mutt. >=20 > In the console, however, I never get the prompt or the aliases specified > in my .bashrc, and I never get colour. Any pointers? Thanks. Make a ~/.Xdefaults file, that contains at least this: XTerm*termName: xterm-color You can also customise geometry, background and foreground colour, scrollbar, etc. Check out man xterm for the gory details. HTH Dan --=20 Daniel Bye PGP Key: ftp://ftp.slightlystrange.org/pgpkey/dan.asc PGP Key fingerprint: 3B9D 8BBB EB03 BA83 5DB4 3B88 86FC F03A 90A1 BE8F _ ASCII ribbon campaign ( ) - against HTML, vCards and X - proprietary attachments in e-mail / \ --5gxpn/Q6ypwruk0T Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/DADehvzwOpChvo8RAlvnAKDMIrLTBO18/WjWWddv4ZuUJTV5CQCfbO00 6hm7fOdwDO15dHOQL7ZNLX8= =SH6Q -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --5gxpn/Q6ypwruk0T--
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