Report-an-Apple-bug Friday! 9

This bug is Terminal should support xterm's 256-color mode. It was filed on 2006-03-17 at 20:44.

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Summary:

xterm has a 256-color mode. Terminal should support it.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch Terminal.
2. Run 256colors2.pl from the above website.

Expected Results:

Lots of pretty colors.

Actual Results:

Lots of backslashes and 16 pretty colors.

Regression:

None known.

Notes:

Some applications, including vim, look for TERM to be set to xterm-256color. Therefore, Terminal's default should be changed to this if 256-color support is added.

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