From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sriram Karra Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: No Colors in Emacs no window mode using xterm. Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 14:36:39 +0530 Organization: The Klingon High Council Sender: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87r8epwi1s.fsf@shakti.homelinux.net> References: <8e05d6ad.0210141126.3f9c1f33@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035025349 21980 80.91.224.249 (19 Oct 2002 11:02:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 11:02:29 +0000 (UTC) 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 182rND-0005iK-00 for ; Sat, 19 Oct 2002 13:02:28 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 182ZgK-0006Bl-00; Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:09:00 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-06!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-Attribution: karra User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) Cancel-Lock: sha1:XzEW54wc62wQzPzqURpaFYVmeds= Cache-Post-Path: sj-nntpcache-5!unknown@10.77.140.72 X-Cache: nntpcache 2.4.0b2 (see http://www.nntpcache.org/) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 22 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:106141 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:2752 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:2752 will6868@hotmail.com (Willard) writes: > I am running Emacs 21.2.1 in no window mode on a Sun Solaris 5.8 > system. Xterm windows are capable of displaying color on this > system because other applications do display colors in xterm > windows. However, Emacs does not display colors when I run in now > window mode using an Xterm window. What can I do to get color to > work in this setup? You should do the following: (a) create a directory ~/.terminfo/x on the remote solaris box. (b) copy the /usr/share/terminfo/x/xterm file from local linux box to ~/.terminfo/x/xterm on the remote box. (c) Do a export TERMINFO=~/.terminfo on remote. (d) Start Emacs21 This approach works for me. -- Well, all's well that ends.