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Date:      Thu, 13 May 1999 00:55:32 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <marko@uk.radan.com>
To:        FreeBSD user <freebsd@lucifer.ru.ac.za>
Cc:        Matthew Joseff <mjoseff@retribution.net>, questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cannot get colorful xterm
Message-ID:  <19990513005532.B2886@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <19990512235723.A258@marder-1>; from Mark Ovens on Wed, May 12, 1999 at 11:57:23PM %2B0100
References:  <199905112015.AAA03742@hq.spc.high> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9905121251540.7154-100000@retribution.net> <19990512190325.B41890@lucifer.ru.ac.za> <19990512235723.A258@marder-1>

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On Wed, May 12, 1999 at 11:57:23PM +0100, Mark Ovens wrote:
> 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
> 

Whoops. I forgot to add that you can put:

XTerm*TermName: xterm-color

in your ~/.Xdefaults to make it the default. (to enable it without
restarting X type ``xrdb < ~/.Xdefaults'')

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