Date: Mon, 16 Feb 1998 16:56:38 +0100 From: "Jose M. Alcaide" <jose@we.lc.ehu.es> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: XTERM Message-ID: <34E861B6.6C83F4CD@we.lc.ehu.es> References: <XFMail.980214094118.dallas.tex@airmail.net>
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David Vondrasek wrote: > > On 14-Feb-98 Greg Lehey wrote: > >On Sat, 14 February 1998 at 1:07:54 -0800, Bryan K. Ogawa wrote: > >> In localhost.freebsd.questions you write: > >> > >>> I'm tring to run a program that uses ANIS color and was told I need to set > >the > >>> ENV VAR to * SET TERM COLOR * ? to be able to display the colors with out > >>> seeing ansi seq's. ANy help on HOW to set this please ? > >> > >>> I'm running 2.2.5-R with FVWM2 > >> > >> I don't think the stock xterm which comes with the X distribution does > >> color. I'd recommend rxvt instead, which does handle it. Look in the > >> ports/packages for it. > > > >No, the standard xterm does do colour. You need to set the TERM > >environment to xterm-color. There's also a resource which governs the > >use of colour. It should be enabled by default, but if you have > >trouble, check that you have this line in > >/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm: > > > >*VT100*colorMode: on > > > >> rxvt is also half the memory size of xterm, so it's good even if you > >> don't need color. > > > >So what doesn't it do that xterm does? > > > >Greg > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > Ok Thanks gGreg this is uncommented. But here is what I get, I do get color > thogh. > > .$P`.d$P' ,-, $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$,a$n, `$$$%$$$` $$$$` > | `$b,`Y$b, $$$ $$$ $$$ `-' $$$ $$$n ,$$$%$$$, $$P' > ' $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ ,-, $$$ $$$$ ,$$$$% %$$$$,` > | $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$ $$$$ ,$$$$$$ $$$$$$, > ' $$$$$%P' $$$ $$$ `Y$b,d$$P,$$$n $$P' $$$$$$ $$$$$$ tM! > `#%$%' '%$%#` > > I get the codes I guess. I see color and 1/2 of the esc. seq's, Like some of > the colors don't come though. But out of X it looks fine. Just under X It > miss's stuff. the rxvt does the same thing. > > ---------------------------------- > David Vondrasek > E-Mail: David Vondrasek <dallas.tex@airmail.net> > Date: 14-Feb-98 > Time: 09:38:42 > > ---------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message Have you tried to substitute all xterm entries in termcap for the contents of /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/etc/xterm.termcap ? Don't forget to run cap_mkdb after modifying /usr/share/misc/termcap. -- JM ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Jose M. Alcaide | mailto:jose@we.lc.ehu.es Universidad del Pais Vasco | http://www.we.lc.ehu.es/~jose Dpto. de Electricidad y Electronica | Facultad de Ciencias - Campus de Lejona | Tel.: +34-4-4647700 x2624 48940 Lejona (Vizcaya) - SPAIN | Fax: +34-4-4858139 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Go ahead... make my day." - H. Callahan To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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