[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I've been fighting with this for a couple of days now and getting > nowhere; any help would be much appreciated. I want to compile xterm > with 256-color support. I downloaded the source from Debian (which > comes as a small part of the MUCH larger xfree86 package), and > attempted to compile the xterm application. After much trial and lots > more error I managed to compile xterm, but the result is a non-viable > monstruous creature. Most of the emulated terminal falls outside of > the window; one can only see about 15% of it; and along the top there
That sounds like an old bug that I fixed several months ago. Try something current - ftp://invisible-island.net/xterm/ > are three old-fashioned-looking buttons, something out of the earliest That's the toolbar option (which you can turn off). > days of Athena widgets: Main Options, VT Options, VT Fonts; clicking > on any of these buttons crashes the "xterm". Worst of all, I can't > get this monster to display 256 colors, even though I configured it > with the --enable-256-color option. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]