Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text?
On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 07:30:42PM -0400, songbird wrote:
> Richard Owlett wrote:
> > The MATE terminal "Help"(sic) claims VT102 emulation but does not say
> > how to obtain it.
>
> i'd put in my .bashrc the line:
>
> TERM="vt102" && export TERM
That's unwise. It'll screw you up *hard* any time you're not using
the terminal you normally use -- e.g. on ssh logins, or if you want to
test another terminal, or if you use tmux or screen, etc.
> > IIRC the VT100 series were *physically* a B&W display.
>
> no, phosphors were white, green and amber.
He probably meant monochrome.
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