> I'd say it's a bug that the rxvt max_colors entry is 8, since rxvt
> does support 256 colours in its default setting. (And I notice it's
> the same with xterm.) Don't know whether there are compatibility
> concerns that require that.
Just to be clear, the default terminfo capability for Cygwin
> Here are some differences between the terminfo capabilities
> 'rxvt-cygwin-native' and 'Eterm-256color':
>
> 1. max_colors:
> rxvt - max_colors: 8
> Eterm - max_colors: 256
I'd say it's a bug that the rxvt max_colors entry is 8, since rxvt
does support 256 colours in its default setting. (And
> Yes, but nevertheless the TERM setting needs to fit the terminal that
> Emacs is actually running in, so "rxvt" (or some variation thereof)
> for rxvt and "xterm" for xterm or mintty. As Ken said, the "Eterm"
> setting is intended for programs that run inside emacs' builtin
> terminal. Using "Et
> No, when Emacs is run in terminal (text-only, non-X-windows)
> mode, it will use whatever terminal capability is in effect,
> not only in `term-mode'.
Yes, but nevertheless the TERM setting needs to fit the terminal that
Emacs is actually running in, so "rxvt" (or some variation thereof)
for rxv
Ken Brown writes:
>- xterm: Invoke xterm with -xrm *backarrowKey:false or put
> 'XTerm*backarrowKey: false' in your .Xdefaults file. Once xterm
> is started, give the command 'stty erase ^?'. (These
> suggestions are only relevant if you invoke emacs with the -nw
> optio
First, note that this is not a Cygwin-specific issue. It is an
Emacs-in-a-terminal issue, so perhaps it should not be
mentioned at all in Cygwin-specific documents. It's similar
to the "backspace" issue (or default fonts or default
colors) in rxvt -- it leads to a better default user
experience.
On 6/6/2009 3:43 PM, Mark Harig wrote:
Here is an additional item related to terminal-mode Emacs that
might be worth mentioning:
A better display of colors, underlining, etc. can be obtained
in the terminal mode Emacs by making use of the terminfo file
that is included in the Emacs dist
> I've answered several questions in recent weeks about
> how to use emacs in a terminal window. To try to clarify
> this, I plan to put some suggestions in
> /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/emacs.README the next time I
> update the emacs packages. The current draft is appended
> below. Please let me know
On 6/5/2009 10:51 PM, Mark Harig wrote:
An alternative to providing instructions for a workaround would be to
modify the default initialization files that are provided with the terminal
emulators.
[...]
Similar solutions can likely be devised for xterm and mintty, but I do not
have those packag
An alternative to providing instructions for a workaround would be to
modify the default initialization files that are provided with the terminal
emulators.
For example, rxvt comes with the following file:
$ cygcheck -l rxvt | grep app-defaults
/etc/defaults/etc/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt
The post
On Fri, Jun 05, 2009 at 10:29:33AM -0400, Ken Brown wrote:
>I've answered several questions in recent weeks about how to use emacs
>in a terminal window. To try to clarify this, I plan to put some
>suggestions in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/emacs.README the next time I update
>the emacs packages. Th
I've answered several questions in recent weeks about how to use emacs
in a terminal window. To try to clarify this, I plan to put some
suggestions in /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/emacs.README the next time I update
the emacs packages. The current draft is appended below. Please let me
know if you
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