Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!holly!tim From: tim@dell.co.uk (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: Nethack color??? (Help) Message-ID: Date: 7 May 91 09:11:08 GMT References: <1991May3.194524.532@vax1.mankato.msus.edu> <2765@optima.cs.arizona.edu> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Followup-To: rec.games.hack Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 23 In <2765@optima.cs.arizona.edu> cjeffery@optima.UUCP (Clinton Jeffery) writes: >From article <1991May3.194524.532@vax1.mankato.msus.edu>, by geoff@vax1.mankato.msus.edu: >> I know this question has been raised before but... >> How do you get color working [for SysV/386] in nethack 3p9? >Perhaps this belongs in a FAQ. The UNIX SysV/386 consoles require the >color bytes to be sent out in a different ORDER than nethack sends 'em. >Once you find the right piece of code (there are fourteen thousand >identical printf's that send out color codes #ifdef'ed under different >machines/OS'es) its a two line fix, tops. Complete rubbish. Nethack (3.0 ...) works fine, *in colour*, without changes under System V/386 (at least ISC and SCO varieties). All you need to do is set 'standout' in your NETHACKOPTIONS. followups to rec.games.hack Tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Berkshire, UK, RG12 1RW. Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim Smoke me a Kipper, I'll be back for breakfast - Red Dwarf