Subject: Bug#4189: dselect highlights too many lines when TERM=linux

From: "Susan G. Kleinmann" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 11:26:28 -0400

Package: dpkg
Version: 1.3.5

Wishing to see the colored version of dselect, I tried this from a
color xterm:

# export TERM=linux
# dselect

I didn't see any colors, which was disappointing but hardly fatal.
However, when I used the arrow keys to scroll up or down, dselect 
highlighted _all_ the menu options I scrolled over, not just one.

Susan Kleinmann

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From: Lars Wirzenius <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 02:39:09 +0300

> Wishing to see the colored version of dselect, I tried this from a

"linux" is, of course, the wrong terminal type. For color xterm's, the
correct type is "xterm-color". (dselect doesn't seem to be using colors
in the main menu, but it does in the selection screen.) Not that it works
too well for me, anyway (color-aware programs seem to want to prefer the
background to be black, and will set it to back when exiting).

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From: "Susan G. Kleinmann" <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 21:24:41 -0400

Lars Wirzenius wrote:
> "someone else who is now trying to hide her identity wrote:":

Oops.  Right you are.  

BTW, whether TERM=linux or TERM=xterm-color, dselect DTRT when it is
invoked with one of the menu options, e.g., 
   dselect access
brings up a nicely colored screen.

(Susan <-- needing very small font here.)