On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 05:02:12PM -0700, Jason Majors wrote: > On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 03:48:09PM -0800, Paul E Condon scribbled... > > I am starting to learn to use real Debian email. I have mutt, fetchmail, and > > exim working. But I am having trouble reading my email because I have diffi- > > culty reading deep blue characters on a black background or other pairings > > that > > are pre-configured options. How / Where can I configure > > background/foreground > > pairings that work for my eyes? > Add this to your ~/.muttrc (or ~/.mutt/muttrc) and play with the settings. > #color normal white default > color hdrdefault red default # Things like to, date, etc. > color quoted brightblue default # ?? > color signature red default > color indicator red white > color error brightred default > color status brightwhite blue > color tree magenta default # the thread tree in the index menu > color tilde magenta default > color message brightcyan default > color markers brightcyan default > color attachment brightmagenta default > color search default green # how to hilite search patterns in the pager > > color header brightred default ^(From|Subject): > color body magenta default "(ftp|http)://[^ ]+" # point out URLs > color body magenta default [EMAIL PROTECTED] # e-mail addresses > color underline brightgreen default > > Thanks.
But I don't see "bright" as part of a color name on the man page. What are the color names that work? Is there a way to display an exhaustive list of foreground/background combinations? Or are there two many colors for that to be realistic? -- Paul E Condon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
