Date: Fri, 5 Mar 1999 09:18:46 +1300 (NZDT) From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@pinnacle.co.nz> To: Peter Elsner <peter@srisoft.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FoxPro 2.6 (SCO Unix) On FreeBSD Message-ID: <Pine.SC5.4.10.9903050915560.22229-100000@kiwi.pinnacle.co.nz> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990304134249.0092bc60@srigate.srisoft.com>
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On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Peter Elsner wrote:
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> On Monday, we installed FreeBSD 3.1 on another machine and then installed
> FoxPro 2.6. It works. There's only one problem, the colors are not
> functioning... Everything is black & white.
>
> Our program (written in Foxpro) is color sensitive and requires the colors.
> It's not an X-Windows terminal, just standard text.
I suspect that this may be related to termcap or terminfo entries. If
I recall correctly, some versions of terminfo have color capability
built into them - which Foxpro may be using.
Try comparing the terminfo entry for the console or terminals with
that from the SCO box against that on the FreeBSD box.
Jonathan Chen
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