Re: 256-color xterm

[Thomas Dickey <dickey@saltmine.radix.net>]

Matt Price <matt.price@utoronto.ca> wrote:
> can anyone tell me how to build  an xterm with 256 colors using the
> debian source package?  I'd just like a bit more flexibility -- and
> I'd like to have the off-the-shelf values for emacs highlighting work
> when I'm in a terminal.  

The simplest way is to use the configure script which is part of the
sources (see the INSTALL file for a summary of options).

The XFree86 xterm supports ANSI color and VT220 emulation
There's an faq at
	http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.faq.html
	ftp://invisible-island.net/xterm/

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