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Date:      Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:01:29 +0100 (CET)
From:      Thorsten Trampisch <thorsten@trampisch.com>
To:        Dale Morris <dlm@well.com>
Cc:        <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: newbie xterm color ?
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.4.33.0202201500030.26005-100000@otaku.freeshell.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020220055432.A52213@lymond.lvcm.com>

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Hi Dale,

the correct syntax for setenv is
setenv TERM xterm-color
(without =)

Perhaps that solves the problem. Check your TERM variable:
echo $TERM

Cheers,

Thorsten Trampisch

On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Dale Morris wrote:

> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 05:54:32 -0800
> From: Dale Morris <dlm@well.com>
> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> Subject: newbie xterm color ?
>
> I'm having trouble finding how to make xterm display in color. I have
> [setenv TERM=xterm-color] in my .tcshrc but that doesn't do the trick.
> It's strange though, RXVT will display mutt in color, but XTERM won't,
> from the command line both vim and mutt both display in color, but not
> in xterm.
>
> Oh, how do I configure to get the backspace key working in vim. I know
> there's something to add to the .vimrc but can't remember now.
>
> thanks
> dale
>
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