Hello,


kvt works fine yet with TERM=xterm-color, so this is also
the default value.

If you don't have a xterm-color defined, you can

 1) change kvt to set "xterm" or "vt100" as default. 
    Just edit rxvt.c and recompile.

    This will result in a working terminal, but if you want
    colorful terminal applications like the midnight commander
    I strongly recommand the second way.

 2) go to the directory xterm-color and install the
    terminfo stuff with
            tic terminfo
   (you need to be root for that!)
   and insert the termcap file into your /etc/termcap


There is a difference between a regulary xterm-color entry and
the stuff I provide here: This one is better ;-)
In fact, kvt understands two more character in the Alternate Charset
(ACS_BOARD and ACS_BLOCK). So if these terminfo things are installed,
S.u.S.E's yast for example will display correct scrollbars inside
the terminal, which will not work with a real xterm-color.

If there is already a xterm-color installed and you don't want to replace
because other users still prefer the original xterm, you can also
install the stuff from the kvt-color subfolder. In this case you
will also have to recompile kvt with putenv("TERM=kvt-color") in 
rxvt.c. 


Good luck,

 Matthias
 (ettrich@kde.org)

BTW: I also think that terminals are a bit cryptic ;-)


