> 2009/8/25 Gwen Morse: >> I use a game client called Tinyfugue that can make use of ANSI 256 color >> codes. >> >> I've been running in mental circles trying to find (or patch and >> compile) a terminal that will support 256 under regular cygwin. I >> can't use XWindows because I often run my client off a USB stick and >> I'm limited to what I can carry on it (basically the bare minimum of >> dlls hand-copied to get the app running). >> >> I started out trying to use Putty for Cygwin. After reading the >> minimal documentation I ended up stalled because I couldn't find >> directions on how to use it to call another program via the command >> line. Maybe I just missed them. >> >> Then, I tried using rxvt. This runs nicely off my usb stick, however, >> it doesn't come with 256 color support compiled in. I downloaded the >> source files through the Cygwin setup program, applied the 256 color >> patch (I think) and rebuilt it. I tried using both "-tn >> xterm-256color" and "-tn rxvt-256color" options. Neither gives me 256 >> colors when I use the built-in testcolor call. In fact, I don't even >> get 16 colors. I get the 8 basic colors but the "bright" options are >> disabled. But, it is very nice to have a working terminal and I'll >> stick with it for now. >> >> I tried looking into xterm, but, it supposedly needs XWindows, so, I'm >> not even bothering to test it. >> >> What I need: a terminal program that can be built to run under cygwin >> that supports 265 colors and where that feature actually _works_. If >> it has any config files it needs, there needs to be a command-line (or >> batch file parameter setting) that will let me tell it where to find >> the file on my usb stick. It can't need Xwindows to run. If it needs >> to be built from source I can do it myself. >> >> If rxvt "should" work properly once the patch is applied, I would >> appreciate help to figure out where that patching went wrong. >> >> Really, any help on this would be appreciated. > > rxvt does support 256 colours, although you probably need to set the > TERM variable to rxvt-256color to let your app know about it. This > should do the job: > > $ rxvt -tn rxvt-256color -e game
D'oh, you'd already tried that of course. This perl script can prove that the native rxvt supports 256 colours: www.frexx.de/xterm-256-notes/data/256colors2.pl Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
