[csw-devel] SF.net SVN: gar:[4227] csw/mgar/pkg/xterm/trunk/files/README.CSW

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Revision: 4227
          http://gar.svn.sourceforge.net/gar/?rev=4227&view=rev
Author:   skayser
Date:     2009-04-08 13:38:19 +0000 (Wed, 08 Apr 2009)

Log Message:
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xterm: added note about TERM handling WRT to vanilla Solaris xterm

Modified Paths:
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    csw/mgar/pkg/xterm/trunk/files/README.CSW

Modified: csw/mgar/pkg/xterm/trunk/files/README.CSW
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--- csw/mgar/pkg/xterm/trunk/files/README.CSW	2009-04-08 13:26:11 UTC (rev 4226)
+++ csw/mgar/pkg/xterm/trunk/files/README.CSW	2009-04-08 13:38:19 UTC (rev 4227)
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
+$TERM, ncurses and how to make xterm display colors
+---------------------------------------------------
+
+The xterm distributed with Solaris is a basic xterm (xterm-r6), whereas this
+is a current xterm and supports a wider range of terminal capabilites.
+To keep CSWncurses compatible with the Solaris xterm, TERM=xterm refers
+to the basic xterm-r6 capabilities, which unfortunately also defeats
+color support in some ncurses-based applications.
+
+To make full use of the capabilities of this xterm (including color-support)
+set TERM=xterm-new.
+
+
 Note: app-defaults in /opt/csw/lib/X11/app-defaults
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