Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:24:29 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: color-xterm question Message-ID: <19981229162429.I32696@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <19981228234448.A248@feynman.com>; from Frank Pawlak on Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 11:44:48PM -0600 References: <19981228234448.A248@feynman.com>
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On Monday, 28 December 1998 at 23:44:48 -0600, Frank Pawlak wrote: > Reply-To: > I am attempting to set-up color-xterm on my 2.2.8 box. Checking > /usr/X11R6/bin only shows xterm and no color-xterm application. If I am > not mistaken color-xterm used to reside in that same dir. Checked ports > and can't find a port for it. What port do I need to install to get the > bloody thing. Thanks in advance. The standard xterm now handles colour. You just need to set the correct TERM type. Instead of xterm, set it to xterm-color. With sh or bash, enter TERM=xterm-color export TERM With csh and friends, enter setenv TERM xterm-color Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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