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Subject: Re: better xterm for freebsd?
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To get color add the +cm option.  Here is how I invoke an xterm w/o console
grab.

xterm -cu -j +mb -rw -aw -s -sb -si -sk -sl 500 -vb +cm \
      -fn lucidasanstypewriter-12 -cr "green" -ms "black" \
      -bg "black" -fg "white" $*

notice the +cm option at the end of the first line :)