As a workaround, I added the following to my .bashrc.
# Turn on 256 color support...
if [ "x$TERM" = "xxterm" ]
then
export TERM="xterm-256color"
fi
With this I can now properly use color-theme in Emacs - before:
... and after:
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Proper color support in lxterminal
I'm currently using lxterminal as my terminal, and there does not seem to be a way to specify the terminal type. "$TERM" is always set to "xterm", which is the default of the underlying libvte. At least on Debian, the terminfo entry for "xterm" only allows for 16 colors.
As a workaround, I added the following to my .bashrc.
With this I can now properly use color-theme in Emacs - before:
... and after:
As a workaround, I added the following to my .bashrc.
With this I can now properly use color-theme in Emacs - before:
... and after:
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2 comments:
your tip works on gnome-terminal, but not lxterminal
please see the lubuntu wiki at
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Lubuntu/Documentation/FAQ/Workarounds
Well it definitely works for me with lxterminal on Debian Squeeze.
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