Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 22:42:34 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xterm-color ? Message-ID: <19991209224234.B320@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <82p0g6$4u8$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de> References: <384F9ECD.AEC4BD54@hq.ups.kiev.ua> <59991.944742770@axl.noc.iafrica.com> <82p0g6$4u8$1@bigeye.rhein-neckar.de>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 08:38:46PM +0100, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@uunet.co.za> wrote:
>
> > Rather do it in your own .xinitrc or .xsession as appropriate. For
> > example, you might put this in your .xinitrc:
> >
> > TERM=xterm-color; export TERM
>
> Sheldon didn't test that. It will not work. xterm ignores the value
> of TERM in the environment. You can start xterm with "-tn xterm-color".
> If you want to set it as a general preference, put
>
> XTerm*termName: xterm-color
>
> in your ~/.Xdefaults.
>
Which version of xterm and XFree86? I have both set (setenv TERM
xterm-color in ~/.cshrc) so I commented out ``XTerm*termName:
xterm-color'' in ~/.Xdefaults, ran ``xrdb < .Xdefaults'' and ``xrdb
-query'' to confirm it was not set, started an xterm and ran
sysinstall and it appeared in colour.
> --
> Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de
>
>
>
> 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
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?19991209224234.B320>