[Glastonbury] Newbie to Glastonbury LUG

[Andrew M.A. Cater]

On Sat, Oct 04, 2003 at 11:57:33PM +0000, tim hall wrote:
> Why, oh why do I rise to the bait?
> 
> On Friday 03 October 2003 23:07, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
> > Technicolour vi - HEATHEN PROFLIGATE.
> > vi nust be white/green on black in either 40 or 80 columns.
> > And, for those backsliders who think differently - there _is_ no other
> > editor but vi. [EMACS = Eighty megs and constantly swapping :) ]
> 
> There is, agreed, no other editor but vi (Except for NEdit under X };-).
> I actually rather liked the technicolour version - I like syntax 
> highlighting, one of the things I most associate with Linux is the use of 
> ASCII colour on the terminal/console screen. Is that done through vi's config 
> file?
> 
> cheers
> 
> tim hall
> 
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Under redhat I think theres a utility or a file you can touch to turn
on colour for e.g. your login prompt.  vim probably has a similar 
config.  Can't remember what either of them are called.

tset will allow you to play with terminal (termcap) type settings
IIRC

Andy

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