RE: TERMCAP problem with Linux and Informix 4GL - No color!

Send me your termcap file. I'll take a peek. cheers j. > -----Original Message----- > From: rspears69@nospamhot.com [mailto:rspears69@nospamhot.com] > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 10:09 PM > To: informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: TERMCAP problem with Linux and Informix 4GL - No color! > > > This is probably a simple problem to solve, but it's been making me > tear out hair for a few weeks now > > My company is switching platforms from SCO Open Server UNIX to a Linux > platform, and I am doing the conversions on the 4GL code. > > Under the unix environment, we set the codes for reverse video color > with the SETCOLOR command in the users .profile under Unix. Linux > (apparantly) does not have an equivilant command to SETCOLOR. In > looking at the Informix documentation, the color can be set in the 4GL > code with the ATTRIBUTE setting for DISPLAY statements. But when I > compile the code and run it (both in console and in X-windows), the > colors are not there. > > I have a feeling that the problem is in the TERMCAP file. I have > tried setting the TERM and the INFORMIXTERM environment variables for > ansi, pcansi, linux, vt100, wy350, and others. Still no color... > > is there anyone out there running Informix RDS 4GL under Linux who has > figured out the color mystery? > > Thanks in advance for any advice. You can leave a reply here, or > email to rspears69@hotmail.com >

In article <91t6pt$6q8$1@news.xmission.com>, Hi Parker. Please try this. Add ZA TERMCAP entry. ZA=\\E[0%?%p1%{0}%>%p1%{4}%<%&%t;1%;%?%p2%t;7%;%?%p3%t;5%;%?%p4%t;4%;m: see also INFORMIX-4GL Reference Manual III Appendix. And please try this too. $ echo "\\033[33mYellow\\033[0m" Yellow (Color is Yellow.) If Color is black, then you need configration your OS,etc... Original TEMRCAP v1|vt100|vt-100|DEC vt100:\\ :bs:am:xn:xv:pt:cd=\\E[J:ce=2\\E[K:cl=45\\E[H\\E[J:\\ :cs=%i\\E[%d;%dr:cm=%i\\E[%d;%dH:co#80:li#24:\\ :Hi=\\E=:Hf=\\E>:HI=^|:Po=\\E1:Pe=\\E2:\\ :bc=\\E[D:do=\\E[B:nd=\\E[C:sr=\\EM:up=\\E[A:so=\\E[7m:se=\\E[m:\\ :ku=\\E[A:kd=\\E[B:kr=\\E[C:kl=\\E[D:kh=\\E[H:us=\\E[4m:ue=\\E[0m:\\ :k0=\\EOP:k1=\\EOQ:k2=\\EOR:k3=\\EOS:\\ :k5=\\EOn:k7=\\EOw:k8=\\EOx:k9=\\EOy:\\ :KA=\\EOu:KU=\\EOM:KB=\\EOv:KC=\\EOt:\\ :Ki=\\EOr:KT=\\EOl:KY=\\EOS:KZ=\\EOq:\\ :Kd=\\EOm:k6=\\EOs: \\ :sc=\\E7:rc=\\E8: \\ :gs=\\E(0:ge=\\E(B:gb=lmkjqx:\\ :ZG#0:ZA=\\E[0%?%p1%{0}%>%p1%{4}%<%&%t;1%;%?%p2%t;7%;%?%p3%t;5%;%?%p4%t; 4 %;m: -- Tsutomu Ogiwara from Japan. "Parker, Jack" <JParker@engage.com> wrote: > > > Send me your termcap file. I'll take a peek. > > cheers > j. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: rspears69@nospamhot.com [mailto:rspears69@nospamhot.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2000 10:09 PM > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Subject: TERMCAP problem with Linux and Informix 4GL - No color! > > > > > > This is probably a simple problem to solve, but it's been making me > > tear out hair for a few weeks now > > > > My company is switching platforms from SCO Open Server UNIX to a Linux > > platform, and I am doing the conversions on the 4GL code. > > > > Under the unix environment, we set the codes for reverse video color > > with the SETCOLOR command in the users .profile under Unix. Linux > > (apparantly) does not have an equivilant command to SETCOLOR. In > > looking at the Informix documentation, the color can be set in the 4GL > > code with the ATTRIBUTE setting for DISPLAY statements. But when I > > compile the code and run it (both in console and in X-windows), the > > colors are not there. > > > > I have a feeling that the problem is in the TERMCAP file. I have > > tried setting the TERM and the INFORMIXTERM environment variables for > > ansi, pcansi, linux, vt100, wy350, and others. Still no color... > > > > is there anyone out there running Informix RDS 4GL under Linux who has > > figured out the color mystery? > > > > Thanks in advance for any advice. You can leave a reply here, or > > email to rspears69@hotmail.com > > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/