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Instructions to open Emacs in terminal using the same colors as Emacs GUI
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emacs-in-terminal.txt
This is for xfce4-terminal.
Shortcuts:
Ctrl+Alt+t - Open terminal
Ctrl+Shift+t - Open new tab
Ctrl+PgUp/PgDown - Switch tab
Ctrl+Shift+w - Close tab
To make terminal uses 256-color mode, type:
export TERM=xterm-256color
And then run emacs:
emacs -nw
To disable menu shortcut keys (to use Alt+f in emacs):
Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Disable all menu access keys
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