Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 03:31:02 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <charon@labs.gr> To: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@highperformance.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Change Colors on VT220 Message-ID: <20011002033102.A1105@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110010748030.67532-100000@server.highperformance.net> References: <20011001084655.A5401@hades.hell.gr> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0110010748030.67532-100000@server.highperformance.net>
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Jason C. Wells <jcwells@highperformance.net> wrote: > On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > > Jason C. Wells <jcwells@highperformance.net> wrote: > > > How do I change the colors for a telnet session that uses VT200 emulation? > > > > Subject says vt220, body vt200. > > Do these terminals types even support color? > > I was almost certain they don't. > > VT220 was the terminal. Yes, as I look closer, Kermit support VT220 with > color "extensions." As I looked into the matter another document stated > that VT220 was not a color terminal. So color that I see is purely client > side. > > Can anyone recommend a terminal type that does support color? I know that `screen' terminal type used by screen(1) in it's virtual windows does support color. Running screen after you telnet and setting TERM to `screen' or `screen-w' (the latter being the terminal type for wide, 132-column terminals), you'll probably have more luck :-) -giorgos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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