From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Paulo J. Matos" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Colors through Putty Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:18:17 +0000 Message-ID: <11b141710912170118k5bec4e07j696a01a4dd4849ac@mail.gmail.com> References: <11b141710912150612h2237e857k1ffb75dbc3ce5b59@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1261041563 15457 80.91.229.12 (17 Dec 2009 09:19:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:19:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 17 10:19:16 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NLCVv-0000rz-9d for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:19:15 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41914 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NLCVv-0003ga-6C for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:19:15 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NLCVV-0003fZ-GX for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:18:49 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NLCVQ-0003a1-0W for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:18:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=49321 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NLCVP-0003Zq-Lb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:18:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-ew0-f224.google.com ([209.85.219.224]:46997) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NLCVO-000251-DS; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:18:42 -0500 Original-Received: by ewy24 with SMTP id 24so2031132ewy.26 for ; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:18:37 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=WRS9HdPttfyrwj3OvlvvVUaFI0ru0bb/GJBWDg4PQNo=; b=wIeiBTx982o9EkOIUuEeK61EmxTqT+bV0/RGneH408tjiwbyRvySDyTWsrC1ubX5SU BgSdDPBzYjaLqLhcB5DvZllMBrhfVMGB6yLZI1Xnsah2sfHkISYbev8hSjYLbSsuFqPu iCAaKYBzRXNikKu47+b8SEEC3VgkPCWAX0tXs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=qtmFpeI36A8B6qP5o/OuL8hPVQ1i+cJsAXMENd1UVChFLOYQOm6o8UvItH7UqLB9ra ck2yucB4NTn38F5l6F1mu1e5EgXcgb94ZHisRi+r78NVBYlD1ZSnShVRsjc1s9kcerej bvvtwWslB5V1SQok66cXylB8zf9AAXey1ZRzU= Original-Received: by 10.216.89.129 with SMTP id c1mr852295wef.35.1261041517117; Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:18:37 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:70689 Archived-At: On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 3:28 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: >> From: "Paulo J. Matos" >> Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 14:12:33 +0000 >> >> I have to access emacs from a Windows ssh shell (chose Putty) and the >> terminal shows absolutely no colors. > > It works for me. > > What do you have as the value of $TERM variable when you login via > PuTTY? =C2=A0It might be set to something that dupes Emacs into thinking > it's a terminal that doesn't support colors. > It says xterm. > Also, make sure the options on the "Colours" tab in the PuTTY > configuration for your session are set up correctly, as to not disable > colors. > >> Is there a way to configure emacs to be coloured through Putty? > > If your PuTTY session is set up correctly, and if $TERM says something > sensible, the color support should happen automatically. =C2=A0You don't > need to tell Emacs anything. > > Not only emacs doesn't show any colours but even though I can see colours in the terminal when doing ls or so, if the lines is too long it start eating the lines above and everything gets very messy. --=20 Paulo Jorge Matos - pocmatos at gmail.com http://www.pmatos.net