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Date:      Mon, 18 Feb 2002 14:47:11 -0800 (PST)
From:      Clint Olsen <clint@0lsen.net>
To:        freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   ports/35092: Xterm termcap should have color capabilities by default
Message-ID:  <200202182247.g1IMlBJ22968@freefall.freebsd.org>

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>Number:         35092
>Category:       ports
>Synopsis:       Xterm termcap should have color capabilities by default
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-ports
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Mon Feb 18 14:50:01 PST 2002
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Clint Olsen
>Release:        4.5
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD poly.0lsen.net 4.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE #2: Fri Feb 15 01:02:59 PST 2002     root@poly.0lsen.net:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/POLY  i386

>Description:
Since XFree86 ships with Thomas Dickey's xterm, it seems logical to use
his provided termcap that ships with the distribution.  I had to modify
/etc/termcap to add the color_xterm capability in order to get color
"by default".  I would think you would want this capability "out of the
box".  Otherwise it's a pain to override the TERM setting all the time. 
>How-To-Repeat:
Run xterm using color-capable apps like slrn or Mutt.
>Fix:
Either add color capability to the default termcap entry or (better yet)
use Thomas' version intact.  Of course, I could be approaching this
entirely from the wrong POV :)
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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