Lars Wirzenius wrote: > "someone else who is now trying to hide her identity wrote:": > > Wishing to see the colored version of dselect, I tried this from a > > color xterm: > > > > # export TERM=linux > > # dselect > > "linux" is, of course, the wrong terminal type. For color xterm's, the > correct type is "xterm-color". (dselect doesn't seem to be using colors > in the main menu, but it does in the selection screen.) Not that it works > too well for me, anyway (color-aware programs seem to want to prefer the > background to be black, and will set it to back when exiting).
Oops. Right you are. BTW, whether TERM=linux or TERM=xterm-color, dselect DTRT when it is invoked with one of the menu options, e.g., dselect access brings up a nicely colored screen. (Susan <-- needing very small font here.)
