[20766] in Athena Bugs
sun4 9.1.12: emacs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Aaron M. Ucko)
Thu Sep 19 18:41:47 2002
To: bugs@MIT.EDU
From: amu@alum.mit.edu (Aaron M. Ucko)
Date: 19 Sep 2002 18:41:45 -0400
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System name: contents-vnder-pressvre.mit.edu
Type and version: Sun-Fire-280R 9.1.12 (with mkserv)
Display type: unknown
Shell: /bin/sh (/bin/athena/bash?)
Window manager: fvwm2m4
What were you trying to do?
Run GNU Emacs 21 in text mode with a color-supporting TERM
(e.g, screen, xterm).
What's wrong:
Text that should be colored typically comes out as black (my
background color).
What should have happened:
Emacs should have emitted the correct escape sequences to
change colors.
Please describe any relevant documentation references:
Um, curs_color(3CURSES)?
Any other useful information:
Running emacs with TERM set to vt220 works around the problem.
I do not see this lossage on a non-Athena Sun I have access
to; from ldd output, I suspect it may be using a static copy
of ncurses rather than Solaris curses, though either *ought*
to be able to work.
--
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
Finger amu@monk.mit.edu (NOT a valid e-mail address) for more info.
