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Subject: Re: xterm + colors just wont splice...
From: Matt Smith <matt@forsetti.com>
To: Thanos Tsouanas <thief_grr@yahoo.com>
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On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 05:13, Thanos Tsouanas wrote:
> Hello everyone!
> 
> Ive never managed to see colored output on an Xterm on FreeBSD..
> i mean, the -bg, -fg <color> switches work fine...
> but i cant see the colors of vim, nor when i ls -G etc etc.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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Try changing your TERM to xterm-color.
-Matt
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