Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 00:25:31 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: newbie xterm color ? Message-ID: <20020220232531.GU418@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <1014245887.2517.32.camel@osiris.sigterm.com> References: <126563389@toto.iv> <15476.3916.761080.392914@guru.mired.org> <20020220230527.GT418@roman.mobil.cz> <1014245887.2517.32.camel@osiris.sigterm.com>
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> Subject: Re: newbie xterm color ? > From: Stuart Tanner <stuart@sigterm.com> > To: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > Date: 21 Feb 2002 10:58:06 +1200 > > On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 11:05, Roman Neuhauser wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 15:04:12 -0600 > > > To: Dale Morris <dlm@well.com> > > > Cc: questions@freebsd.org > > > Subject: Re: newbie xterm color ? > > > From: "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1014671053.596fa9@mired.org> > > > > > > Dale Morris <dlm@well.com> types: > > > > 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. > > > > > > You've got the setenv syntax wrong. RXVT works because it (presumably) > > > sets the xterm type to xterm-color itself, whereas xterm proper > > > doesn't. > > > > rxvt doesn't set TERM to xterm-color. and xterm-color is incorrect > > for rxvt just as it is incorrect for the Xfree86 xterm. > OK, then what should TERM be for rxvt and xterm? # rxvt is normally configured to look for "xterm" or "xterm-color" as $TERM. # Since rxvt is not really compatible with xterm, it should be configured as # "rxvt" (monochrome) and "rxvt-color". # (untranslatable capabilities removed to fit entry within 1023 bytes) # (sgr removed to fit entry within 1023 bytes) # (acsc removed to fit entry within 1023 bytes) and xterm-xfree86|xterm-new|xterm terminal emulator (XFree86 4.0 Window System) -- FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE 12:19AM up 5 days, 1:46, 24 users, load averages: 0.23, 0.36, 0.18 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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