Date: Sun, 02 Nov 2003 15:08:33 -0800 From: andi payn <andi_payn@speedymail.org> To: Malcolm Kay <malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: color to files Message-ID: <1067814513.825.497.camel@verdammt.falcotronic.net> In-Reply-To: <200311021458.49682.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net> References: <200310111243.08231.jason@dictos.com> <035501c3909c$3d1dd8d0$a4b826cb@goo> <001c01c3a082$afab7d30$0100000a@Biggie> <200311021458.49682.malcolm.kay@internode.on.net>
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On Sat, 2003-11-01 at 20:28, Malcolm Kay wrote: > If you are in X and using xterm then this also has the capability but by > default other programs such as ls are not informed of this because the > termcap description for terminal type 'xterm' does not declare it. After telling him this same thing, I went and checked, and it appears that on my FreeBSD 4.8 installation, I have to do this (or various other ways of getting the same effect), but on my 5.1 installation, with TERM=xterm, I get color. Was the xterm termcap changed for FreeBSD 5, or have I just done something to fix this and forgotten about it?
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