From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 12 15:58:40 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from finch-post-11.mail.demon.net (finch-post-11.mail.demon.net [194.217.242.39]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA37714BFF for ; Wed, 12 May 1999 15:58:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from marko@uk.radan.com) Received: from [158.152.75.22] (helo=uk.radan.com) by finch-post-11.mail.demon.net with smtp (Exim 2.12 #1) id 10hhxO-0008HJ-0B; Wed, 12 May 1999 22:58:31 +0000 Organisation: Radan Computational Ltd., Bath, UK. Phone: +44-1225-320320 Fax: +44-1225-320311 Received: from marder-1. (rasnt-1 [193.114.228.211]) by uk.radan.com (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id XAA00334; Wed, 12 May 1999 23:57:50 +0100 Received: (from marko@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.2/8.8.8) id XAA02628; Wed, 12 May 1999 23:57:24 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from marko) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 23:57:23 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: FreeBSD user Cc: Matthew Joseff , questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cannot get colorful xterm Message-ID: <19990512235723.A258@marder-1> References: <199905112015.AAA03742@hq.spc.high> <19990512190325.B41890@lucifer.ru.ac.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.95.3i In-Reply-To: <19990512190325.B41890@lucifer.ru.ac.za>; from FreeBSD user on Wed, May 12, 1999 at 07:03:25PM +0200 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 07:03:25PM +0200, FreeBSD user wrote: > On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 12:52:40PM -0500, Matthew Joseff wrote: > % On Wed, 12 May 1999, Vlad Skvortsov wrote: > % } Hello. > % } How do I make my xterm window be colourful ? I have set TERM > % } variable to "xterm-color" but all colorful applications (such as > % } lynx, midc) do still run in monochrome mode. > % } Adding XTerm*TermName to app-defaults (obviously) doesn't change > % } anything. > % } I run FreeBSD 2.2.8-STABLE, XFree86 3.3.2. > % > % xterm -bg (color) -fg (font color) > Oddly enough, I don't think that's a problem. > My question is whether he has installed xterm-color or if > xterm and xterm-color on F*BSD are the same thing ? > IIRC xterm-color was a port on 2.2.8. In 3.1 it is the default xterm (although you still have to ``set term=xterm-color'', or start it with ``xterm -tn xterm-color''). HTH > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > -- FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~markov _______________________________________________________________ Mark Ovens, CNC Apps Engineer, Radan Computational Ltd. Bath UK CAD/CAM solutions for Sheetmetal Working Industry mailto:marko@uk.radan.com http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message