Xterm-color

[Daniel Bye]

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

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