Re: X terminals and ncurses apps

[Mike Werner <reznaeous@earthlink.net>]

Justin Megawarne wrote:
> Anyone know why an ncurses app might not be showing in colour on
> an X terminal, but works fine in a normal console?

I had troubles with Midnight Commander like that.  Do something like:
export COLORTERM=rxvt
in your .bashrc or whatever is appropriate for whatever shell
it is that you use.  Also, replace rxvt with whatever the XTerm
program it is that you use.
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