Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002 14:19:58 -0600 (CST) From: Cary Mathews <scattered@babel.acu.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: terminal color problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSO.4.40.0202201416290.18713-100000@babel.acu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20020220194448.GD4350@dan.emsphone.com>
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In your home directory, add a .Xdefaults file. Below is an excerpt of mine which allows rxvt and aterm to show color. #if defined(COLOR) rxvt.termName: xterm-color aterm.termName: xterm-color #endif /* COLOR */ !--rxvt defaults-- [ and so on... ] HTH, Cary On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Dan Nelson wrote: > 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 > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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