Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 11:45:56 +0800 (TSD) From: "Victor A. Sudakov" <vas@vas.tomsk.su> To: questions@freebsd.org (freebsd questions mailing list) Subject: Re: xterm is only black&white Message-ID: <199707260345.LAA18644@vas.tomsk.su> In-Reply-To: <199707251548.LAA02187@trilobite.ab.platinum.com> from "Brian Clapper" at "Jul 25, 97 11:48:31 am"
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Brian Clapper wrote: > Victor A. Sudakov wrote: > > > Sergei S. Laskavy wrote: > > > > > Mariusz> I just installed 2.2.1R on my computer and I can't find > > > Mariusz> the reason that my xterm is only black and white. On > > > > > > The right termcap entry for X Term is somewhere in /usr/X11R6. > > > You can just copy that file to $HOME/.termcap and X terminal will > > > appear in colours :) > > > > Did not work for me. Any more ideas? > > > > I am using FreeBSD 2.1.6 > > If you just want to be able to change the foreground and background colors, > read the xterm manual page and look for the `-fg' and `-bg' command line > options or their corresponding X resource strings (e.g., `XTerm*foreground' > and `XTerm*background'). If, on the other hand, you want an xterm that > understands the ANSI color escape sequences (so that one of the colorized Yes, that is what I want. I want to see Midnight Commander in colors like it shows on DEC Alpha at the University. > ls ports will work, for instance), make sure you've (a) installed the > `color_xterm' port or package, and (b) you're firing up `color_xterm', not > `xterm'. Yes, I am firing up "color_xterm". Moreover, I have the following lines in my $HOME/.Xresources: color_xterm*scrollBar: True XBuffy*mailboxes: /var/mail/vas XBuffy*names: TRUE *customization: -color I do have the scrollbar, but no colors. -- Victor Sudakov http://www.tomsk.su/r/persons/vas.htm
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