From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stanley Yao Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: termcap or terminfo Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 17:02:39 -0700 Organization: University of Arizona CS Department, Tucson AZ Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1059610327 13968 80.91.224.249 (31 Jul 2003 00:12:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 00:12:07 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 31 02:12:04 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19i135-0003co-00 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2003 02:12:04 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19i12A-0003L5-Hp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Jul 2003 20:11:06 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.arizona.edu!CS.Arizona.EDU!lectura.CS.Arizona.EDU!yao Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 36 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: lectura.cs.arizona.edu In-Reply-To: Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:115573 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11491 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11491 On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Stanley Yao wrote: > On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Ilya Zakharevich wrote: > > [A complimentary Cc of this posting was sent to > > Eli Zaretskii > > ], who wrote in article : > > > > Now I stick to the 8 color. But I am trying to change them a bit > > > > brighter, because they are now very dark and difficult to be seen on the > > > > screen (expecially the blue color). > > > > I guess I need to configure the terminfo to change the palette, right? > > > > > > If this is on xterm or some other terminal emulator, a much easier way > > > is to configure the emulator to use different colors for the 8 defined > > > color names. > > > > FYI: I use this (but with light background): > > > > *VT100*colorMode: on > > *VT100*boldColors: on > > *VT100*dynamicColors: on > > Thank you both Mr./Mis. Zaretskii and Mr./Mis. Zakharevich! > I am not using an xterm on the X server. I just set the TERM to be > xterm-color or vt100 and use the text console in a SSH Secure Shell 3.0.0 > on a windows XP machine and connect to a > Solaris machine in the department. I searched on SSH website for how to > change palette on the SSH client, but did not find anything. SSH Secure > Shell is different from the Xterm on Linux which support the change of > palette. I guess I solve the problem by modifying the face inside Emacs. I make all the font-lock faces "bold" so as to get much stronger color that can be seen very clearly on the screen. Thank you very much for your help! Stan