On Sun, Sep 14, 2003 at 02:24:41AM +0100, Daniel Bye wrote: > On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 06:43:24PM -0400, Bob Hall wrote: > > On Sat, Sep 13, 2003 at 06:22:29PM -0400, Todd Stephens wrote: > > > Probably a no-brainer, but how can I make my xterm start as xterm-color? > > > If I want color ls, I have to type TERM=xterm-color from the command > > > line every time I start a new terminal window. What file do I need to > > > edit to make X start with xterm-color? > > > > ~/.Xdefaults > > --------------- > > xterm*background: green > > xterm*foreground: yellow > > xterm*highlightColor: purple > > > > I don't necessarily endorse those color choices. > > But those colours are so beautiful in combination... ;-) > > Set > > XTerm*termName: xterm-color > > as well, if you want to be certain that anything that cares about ${TERM} > gets an appropriate value. > > Dan
alternatively, you could just launch xterm like: $ xterm -tn xterm-color it appears that you are using 4.8-RELEASE, but apparently sometime around Aug 27, 2002 xterm's termcap entry supports color by default. per /usr/src/UPDATING: 20020827: Our /etc/termcap now has all the entries from the XFree86 xterm almost unchanged. This means xterm now supports color by default. If you used TERM=xterm-color in the past you now should use TERM=xterm. (xterm-color will lead to benign warnings). Nathan -- gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys D8527E49
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