Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 09:56:09 -0500 From: "Victor R. Cardona" <vcardona@home.com> To: Alastair Stevens <ans@vbc.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X console colours Message-ID: <20010427095609.D1615@marx.alton1.il.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10104271017300.52551-100000@brunel.uk1.vbc.net>; from ans@vbc.net on Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:20:45AM %2B0100 References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10104271017300.52551-100000@brunel.uk1.vbc.net>
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On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 10:20:45AM +0100, Alastair Stevens wrote: <Snipped> > I'm using 'bash', and the colors are displayed correctly in my prompt > string. But 'ls' and 'vim' don't show any colors. Clearly, the console is > color-capable, but why only for certain programs, and not others? > > In bare console more, without X, all colors are displayed perfectly. > Anyone got any thoughts? Add the following to your ~/Xdefaults file: xterm*termName: xterm-color HTH, Victor -- Victor R. Cardona vcardona@home.com "Behold the keyboard of Kahless, the greatest Klingon code warrior that ever lived!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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