Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 22:07:34 -0600 (CST) From: Gene Harris <zeus@tetronsoftware.com> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: color xterm and zsh Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001032204370.1040-100000@tetron02.tetronsoftware.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001040347290.45269-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Tue, 4 Jan 2000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > Hi all, > i had a nice setup where in my .bashrc i define TERM as xterm-color, but > in .profile it is cons25. This way i get color for midnight commander > whether i am running on a console or in an xterm window. I'm trying to do > this under zsh, but it isn't working. I either get a black and white > xterm or garbage characters in a console display. I've tried various > combinations of TERM settings in .zprofile and .zshrc, but i must be > overlooking something. Can someone tell me what it is? > > -=> jm <=- I doubt you were getting TERM=xterm-color from .bashrc settings in X running xterm. The way to set TERM in X is using an .Xdefaults file entry: XTerm*termName: xterm-color This was covered fairly well in a thread a couple of weeks ago and is in the archives. HTH, Gene To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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