Re: colour telnet

[Jim Jackson <nospam [at] scs.leeds.ac.uk>]

Check out the termcap or terminfo databases for the TERM type linux.
You don't need to know this is you use the ncurses library functions, 'cos
ncurses interrogates the terminfo and/or termcap definitions and uses
them.

I believe there are several tutorials/FAQs/HOWTOs on using ncurses around,
as well as loadsa GPL'd progs that use ncurses for example code.

cheers
Jim

On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Nick Cropper wrote:

> sheflug - http://home.freeuk.net/shef.lug
>
> Hi,
>
> Anyone know how to get linux to behave as a colour terminal?
> I'm wanting to set up a linux box as a dumb terminal to a Digital server.
> The application
> running on the server uses codes to signal colour changes and I'd like the
> linux box
> (TERM=linux) to process these. Do you know how I find out what codes are
> being sent
> and where I get these translated into colours within telnet?
>
> Alternatively, how do I change the white-on-black screen to be something
> else, eg
> yellow-on-green? I'd like to interpret 'bold foreground' as something else,
> eg 'blue
> background'.
>
> If I can demonstrate a linux box acting as a sexy terminal there could be
> big
> advocacy points to be gained. ('colour' = 'sexy')
>
> thanks,
> Nick
>
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