From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 14 07:40:33 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3ADFD16A4BF for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 07:40:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.messagingengine.com (out2.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.26]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 210B143F85 for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 07:40:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from nkinkade@[206.26.199.146]) Received: from mail.messagingengine.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id 403471CC79D for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:40:31 -0400 (EDT) Received: from 10.202.2.150 ([10.202.2.150] helo=mail.messagingengine.com) by messagingengine.com with SMTP; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:40:31 -0400 X-Epoch: 1063550431 X-Sasl-enc: YcOSjNOdqFBnQebyZX423w Received: from [206.26.199.146] (unknown [206.26.199.146]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7A7F71CC9EA for ; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 10:40:25 -0400 (EDT) Received: from nkinkade by [206.26.199.146] with local (Exim 4.12) id 19ySQ3-00078t-00 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 14 Sep 2003 08:39:43 +0000 Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 08:39:43 +0000 From: Nathan Kinkade To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030914083943.GA20261@npkfbsd> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200309131822.29836.tbstep@tampabay.rr.com> <20030913224323.GB84630@kongemord.krig.net> <20030914012441.GC38006@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030914012441.GC38006@catflap.home.slightlystrange.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: Nathan Kinkade Subject: Re: Xterm-color X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: nkinkade@fastmail.fm List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 14:40:33 -0000 --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 02:24:41AM +0100, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 06:43:24PM -0400, Bob Hall wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 06:22:29PM -0400, Todd Stephens wrote: > > > Probably a no-brainer, but how can I make my xterm start as xterm-col= or? =20 > > > If I want color ls, I have to type TERM=3Dxterm-color from the comman= d=20 > > > line every time I start a new terminal window. What file do I need t= o=20 > > > edit to make X start with xterm-color? > >=20 > > ~/.Xdefaults > > --------------- > > xterm*background: green > > xterm*foreground: yellow > > xterm*highlightColor: purple > >=20 > > I don't necessarily endorse those color choices. >=20 > But those colours are so beautiful in combination... ;-) >=20 > Set >=20 > XTerm*termName: xterm-color >=20 > as well, if you want to be certain that anything that cares about ${TERM} > gets an appropriate value. >=20 > Dan alternatively, you could just launch xterm like: $ xterm -tn xterm-color it appears that you are using 4.8-RELEASE, but apparently sometime around Aug 27, 2002 xterm's termcap entry supports color by default. per /usr/src/UPDATING: 20020827: Our /etc/termcap now has all the entries from the XFree86 xterm almost unchanged. This means xterm now supports color by default. If you used TERM=3Dxterm-color in the past you now should use TERM=3Dxterm. (xterm-color will lead to benign warnings). Nathan --=20 gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys D8527E49 --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/ZClPO0ZIEthSfkkRAgqpAKDpAyPbP+8CpFuQ6FmVSY8QqQ4dWACaA3CC zEwM3eYEy1ZM8m8e0PUBXow= =weUE -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Q68bSM7Ycu6FN28Q--