Paul Trevethan wrote on Dec, 27: [...]
> > > > I decided to switch from xfce4-terminal to mrxvt but I can't get it > > > > to display properly ncurses-based applications, such as mutt or > > > > aptitude. The problems are: > > > > > > > > 1. Line-drawing characters, such as the ones mutt uses in threads, > > > > or aptitude to draw boxes, are displayed as boxes and other > > > > ugly-looking glyphs. 2. The cursor disappears when mutt or aptitude > > > > are running. [...] > This may or may not help. I had a similar issue with mc (file manager) > when using rxvt as the terminal. Rather than keep looking in the terminal > options, have a look at the man page for the application. I came up with > starting mc with the -a or -x parameters and the ugliness went away. Mutt > may have a similar solution in its options. That would be a workaround, yes. I read mutt's and aptitude's man pages but there's so equivalent option to mc's -a, so no workaround for these. Thanks, Paul, for the workaround. Paulo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
