From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kj Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: TERM=xterm-256color but emacs=8color Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 14:57:22 +0000 (UTC) Organization: none Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1104677941 20626 80.91.229.6 (2 Jan 2005 14:59:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 14:59:01 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 02 15:58:52 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1Cl7C0-0000Z0-00 for ; Sun, 02 Jan 2005 15:58:52 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1Cl7N7-00015N-52 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 02 Jan 2005 10:10:21 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 21 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix3.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1104677842 1220 166.84.1.3 (2 Jan 2005 14:57:22 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 14:57:22 +0000 (UTC) X-No-Confirm: yes User-Agent: nn/6.6.5 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:127624 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:23091 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:23091 On my Debian Linux system I have the file /usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm-256color so I set TERM=xterm-256color and invoked emacs -nw, but when I executed (list-colors-display) only 8 colors are shown. What am I doing wrong? Thanks! kj P.S. I'm aware of the option of running emacs under X11, but I'm trying to troubleshoot the color problem with emacs -nw. -- NOTE: In my address everything before the first period is backwards; and the last period, and everything after it, should be discarded.