From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Hansen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: emacs -nw, screen and 256 colors Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:05:47 +0200 Organization: disorganized Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <87wu40pj4k.fsf@robotron.ath.cx> References: <87u0z65zbu.fsf@robotron.ath.cx> Reply-To: david.hansen.no.spam@gmx.net NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1083143903 18373 80.91.224.253 (28 Apr 2004 09:18:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 09:18:23 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Apr 28 11:18:16 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1BIlCp-0001rd-00 for ; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 11:18:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1BIlAX-0004AO-BZ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 28 Apr 2004 05:15:53 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pd95d00e9.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 20 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd95d00e9.dip.t-dialin.net (217.93.0.233) Original-X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1083143281 14415196 I 217.93.0.233 ([68616]) X-Orig-Path: robotron.ath.cx!news User-Agent: Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:wG5J9gABsJmXkExdKeLDnapQ9II= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:122783 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 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:18071 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:18071 On Mon, 26 Apr 2004 12:43:41 -0700 Josh Howard wrote: > David Hansen writes: > >> and would like to use it with GNU screen and 256 colors. >> In a xterm without screen emacs can use 256 colors (shown >> by `list-colors-display') but when running in screen emacs >> shows only 8 colors (even the bold variants color8-color15 >> doesn't seem to work). > > It seems like there was a patch in a somewhat recent version of > screen which helped with 256 color support. Using screen 4.00.01 and > doing an export TERM=xterm-256color in the screen, to semi-override > the 'screen' termcap entry, I'm able to see all 256 colors without > needing to do anything else. TERM=xterm-256color looks nice. Bold is still screwed but there are enough colors now for highlighting :) -- David