From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Dec 28 21:55:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA21618 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 21:55:34 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA21608 for ; Mon, 28 Dec 1998 21:55:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id QAA02261; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:24:28 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id QAA33250; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:24:29 +1030 (CST) Message-ID: <19981229162429.I32696@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:24:29 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Frank Pawlak , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: color-xterm question References: <19981228234448.A248@feynman.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19981228234448.A248@feynman.com>; from Frank Pawlak on Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 11:44:48PM -0600 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Monday, 28 December 1998 at 23:44:48 -0600, Frank Pawlak wrote: > Reply-To: > I am attempting to set-up color-xterm on my 2.2.8 box. Checking > /usr/X11R6/bin only shows xterm and no color-xterm application. If I am > not mistaken color-xterm used to reside in that same dir. Checked ports > and can't find a port for it. What port do I need to install to get the > bloody thing. Thanks in advance. The standard xterm now handles colour. You just need to set the correct TERM type. Instead of xterm, set it to xterm-color. With sh or bash, enter TERM=xterm-color export TERM With csh and friends, enter setenv TERM xterm-color Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message