Re: no colour in vt220 termcap?

[Benjamin Lewis <bclewis@cs.sfu.ca>]

Christian Weisgerber wrote:

> Benjamin Lewis <bclewis@cs.sfu.ca> wrote:
>
>>> The vt220 terminal does not support colour.
>>
>> Well, probably it's not a "real vt220 terminal".  This is the default
>> install on an i366 box, and it uses the vga driver.  The default console
>> definitely does support ansi colour, and the TERM is set to vt220.
>> Perhaps it should be set to something else?
>
> Yes, wsvt25.  But then, when you ssh to a remote system that runs
> a different operating system, chances are there is no corresponding
> termcap entry.

Great, that makes sense, thanks.

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