> 1. the xterm scrollbar displays differently in debian from in redhat. I > like it in redhat more. Is it a thing about terminfo? ( Running redhat > binary in debian got same result. ) This is configurable by the ~/.Xresources: XTerm*rightScrollBar: true XTerm*scrollBar: true XTerm*multiScroll: true IIRC there's some for the color, too. do a "man xterm" !
> 2. what are all xterm.color* about? I observe some relationship between > them with some application's color appearance, but not able to understand > all. you have 16 colors that you can set with the ANSI sequences. (try a "/bin/ls --color | less -n" to see it) I you say vim: use color 'red' then its color #4. xterm.color4 then actually maps this color to a RGV value for your monitor. > 3. syntax color( VI ) shows differently in different term > emulators. Basically, I like the color in rxvt. strange - xterm offers you *three* degrees of each color, rxvt only two (bold, underline and normal, I think are choosable, in rxvt two are shown the same....) You should be able to set this with xterm.color* > 4. I like ctrl-up and ctrl-down equals to up and down resp.(VI insert > mode) However, I only get it in redhat's xterm. you mean moving the cursor while beeing in input mode ? That's a vim thing and has nothing to do with xterm (i thing:-)) Here it's working wonderfull btw. I think it's standard with vi so maybe clean all your vim files, and install the most recent version. > 5. I used to have <home> <end> key work in Pine. Unfortunately, not any > more. I had similar problems, too. I did: 1. only use xterm (more memory but it's simply better) 2. use "export TERM=xterm-debian" 3. in my ~/.Xresources inserted: ! Debians xterm *VT100.Translations: #override ~Meta \ <Key>BackSpace: string("\177")\n\ <Key>Delete: string("\033[3~")\n\ <Key>Home: string("\033OH")\n\ <Key>End: string("\033OF") 4. Then you have to configure pine to use the following codes for home,end: home: [H end: [F Be carefull, if you press (in vim) ctrl-v and then home you will get ^[OH and then you have to modify it to ^[[H. (^[ is ESC). I don't know why it is, but my .lesskey file only works that way. > Happy turkey holidays, BTW: Why do you americans call thanksgiving like that european country ? > jack bye, -christian- -- Linux - the choice of the GNU generation. Join the Debian Project http://www.debian.org Christian Hammers * Oberer Heidweg 35 * D-52477 Alsdorf * Tel: 02404-25624 50 3C 52 26 3E 52 E7 20 D2 A1 F5 16 C4 C9 D4 D3 1024/925BCB55 1997/11/01