Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 00:01:39 +0100 From: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: terminal color problems Message-ID: <20020220230139.GS418@roman.mobil.cz> In-Reply-To: <20020220194448.GD4350@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20020215213729.A3410@lymond.lvcablemodem.com> <20020218182502.GR418@roman.mobil.cz> <20020220194448.GD4350@dan.emsphone.com>
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> Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 13:44:48 -0600
> From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
> To: Roman Neuhauser <neuhauser@mobil.cz>
> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
> Subject: Re: terminal color problems
>
> In the last episode (Feb 18), Roman Neuhauser said:
> > > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2002 21:38:19 -0800
> > > From: Dale Morris <dlm@well.com>
> > > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
> > > Subject: terminal color problems
> > >
> > > #1 I have some sort of termcap problem. My terminal in Xwindows
> > > doesn't have color (xterm) when I use mutt or vim, but rxvt does.
> > > In the console, muttrc colors don't work properly and when I'm in
> > > rxvt I don't have color in vim, but I have color with vim in the
> > > console. ??? I'm sure there's some easy solution to this but it's
> > > way beyond me. Also, my backspace keys don't work properly in vim.
> > > Yet they work properly otherwise.
> >
> > FreeBSD termcap database is fucked up.
> > Get Thomas E. Dickey's termcap.src.gz.
>
> easier solution: set TERM=xterm-color
easier? yes. correct? no. color *will* work, but other stuff will
break. xterm-color is *not* the correct description of the terminal.
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