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Paulo J. Matos wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have to access emacs from a Windows ssh shell (chose Putty) and the
> terminal shows absolutely no colors.
> Is there a way to configure emacs to be coloured through Putty? Or, is
> there a better ssh shell than Putty?
> 
> Cheers,
> 

Is it possible to install an xserver on your windows box? (MinGW and Cygwin are both open source;
there are others, some might even been free-beer).
This will allow emacs to open a full display on your windows machine.

HTH,
Colin S. Miller

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