From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 18 12:51:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA17584 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 12:51:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA17560 for ; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 12:51:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA12769; Fri, 18 Sep 1998 12:50:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 12:50:48 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: groggy@iname.com cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: curses, mc, and lynx In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 18 Sep 1998 groggy@iname.com wrote: > > > > if i set my terminal to a certain color, > > > > And how are you doing that? > > vidcontrol ... Yeah, vidcontrol is a one-time shot. You'll have better luck embedding ANSI color commands in your prompt. > yes, i can do that. but it's a hassle. i guess > i wish the programs would read the current settings > and restore them so i don't have to mess with it > everytime i launch one of those programs. or maybe > freebsd could. i don't know enough to know which > would be the most proper solution. I don't think they can read that sort of thing (or have that sophisticated of ANSI color emulation). Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message