Re: [Tlf-devel] first time user F1-F3 questions

[Thomas Beierlein]

Hi Eric,

Am Mon, 1 Oct 2018 14:12:27 -0400 (EDT)
schrieb Eric Tamme <address@hidden>:

> Hey Tom,
> 
> I just rebuilt master.  F1-F3 etc. seem to work fine now in
> xterm-256color.  The colors are a a bit unusable, but the function
> keys seem to be OK.

Yes, the master branch is just what I released as tlf-1.3.1pre last
weekend for testing. So that is ok.

Color handling in ncurses is quite a nightmare, especially as every
terminal emulator interprets the color settings differently. You have
to experiment to find a good solution. But I expect that xterm-256color
accepts .Xressources configuration as xterm itself does. 

73, de Tom DL1JBE
> 
> -Eric / KK0ECTOn October 1, 2018 at 1:55 PM Thomas Beierlein
> <address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > The coming tlf-1.3.1 should support the F-keys in xterm-256color
> > too. There was a fix from Stephen K6BSD some weeks ago. Just test
> > it please.
> > 
> > Just my 2 cents....
> > 
> > 73, Tom DL1JBE
> > 
> > 
> > Am Mon, 1 Oct 2018 06:38:13 +0100
> > schrieb Juanjo EA8BGO <address@hidden>:Other solution is this:
> >> 
> >> xterm -fa "Helvetica" -fs 14
> >> 
> >> 73 de
> >> Juanjo
> >> EA8BGO
> >> 
> >> El mié., 26 sept. 2018 a las 13:27, Nate Bargmann (<address@hidden>)
> >> escribió:
> >>> • On 2018 25 Sep 09:55 -0500, Eric Tamme wrote:
> >>> I just tested using Xterm, and the issue does not occur. I would
> >>>> liketo beable to use gnome-terminal if possible though. Have you
> >>>> got anysuggestions onhow I might go about getting that figured
> >>>> out?Hi Eric.
> >>> 
> >>> I would recommend using xterm since it doesn't trap the F11 key,
> >>> for example. I use uxterm (xterm with unicode support) with a
> >>> custom ~/.Xresources which I have attached. I have defined xterm
> >>> colors that work well with Tlf for me. Also, be aware that other
> >>> terminals often trap other keyboard sequences used by Tlf.
> >>> 
> >>> Another thing is that xterm and ncurses (the UI toolkit Tlf uses)
> >>> have the same maintainer so they work well together.
> >>> 
> >>> 73, Nate
> >>> 
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