6/01    I'm having trouble finding an emacs mode that will force
        color syntax highlighting to be on, with a color xterm equivalent.
        (eg: remotely, NOT with its own X display). I'm also an emacs
        newbie. A little help please?
        \_ xemacs will do this, for whatever that's worth. -lim
           \_ how? it doesnt seem to do it automatically. oh, waitaminit...
              seems to be doing it now. But only if I set TERM=xterm-color,
              which doesnt actually exist in my termcap.I HAVE
              (if (eq 'tty (device-type))  (set-device-class nil 'color))
              in .xemacs, but it wont kick in color for TERM=xterm
              \_ xterm doesn't have color.  You need to set it to
                 xterm-color, or xtermc.
                 \_ Under FreeBSD, at least.  Some OSes default to an xterm
                    termcap entry with color support (which is rather annoying)
                 \_ Under FreeBSD, at least.  Some OSes default to an
                    xterm termcap entry with color support (which is rather
                    annoying)

6/01    Southwestern Bell buys Ameritech changes name to SBC than proceeds
        to buy PacBell. BellAtlantic merged with Nynex and GTE and became
        Verizon.  Qwest buys USWest. Next, Cingular the combined wireless
        assets of BellSouth and SBC- BellSouth's only major alliance:
        Sprint ( long distance and wireless )
        ATT ( long distance and wireless )
        WorldCom ( MCI and others )
        Can anyone make any sense of what is going on-- there is a defined
        pattern and clearly something is going to happend to Bellsouth and
        Sprint- they are basically the only guys still standing. -kinney
        \_ It's called consolidation.
        \_ It's called the "free market" choosing to form telecom cartels
           by only buying from huge corporations, only to complain later.
        \_ You're obviously too young to remember the true beginning, when
           most of the above were part of AT&T, until it was slashed into
           little bits by the Justice Dept.   It's all just coming full
           circle.
           \_ to what end tho?  do you think the gov't will be able to
              regulate the monopoly?
              \_ Go away kinney.

6/01    ever heard of http://www.teledesic.com
        what about globalstar, iridium, etc.  no one ever mentions
        teledesic. yet they are most interesting of them all...
        \_ Hi Bill!