XTerm*termName: 'linux'

[Glynn Clements]

Martin wrote:

> I would like to instruct xterm to provide TERM=linux via a resource
> object, but it silently refuses to do so. In contrast TERM=xterm-color
> is accepted as *termName subobject. But vi & co then default to an
> improper color scheme which seems hardly readable on a colors on black
> display compared to colors used with a terminfo entry of 'linux'.

Do you have termcap/terminfo entries for "linux"? xterm will ignore
the termName setting if tgetent() can't find the specified terminal.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>