On Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 01:29:52PM -0600, David DeSimone wrote:
> Holger Eitzenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Please correct me if i am wrong but i think its mostly your ssh-client
> > (-- it has to understand ANSI colors --) which is responsible for the
> > colors.
>
> This is true for Win/Mac type platforms, where the ssh client generates
> the text window and VT100 emulation as well. But on Unix, which I
> believe the original poster is using, the xterm generates the windows,
> colors, etc, and ssh is merely a communication conduit, with no need to
> understand any sort of ANSI.
>
> I believe the other posters in this thread are correct; the termcap/
> terminfo database on the remote computer does not contain color
> information. There is a FAQ on this topic at
>
> http://www.fefe.de/muttfaq/faq.html#no-color
Thanks for that pointer, I'll take a look there.
However, I may not have made myself clear, but running slrn across the
ssh connection I *do* get colours, whereas running mutt across the
same link I *don't* get colours. Thus it is possible for a remote
application to work in colour but for some reason mutt doesn't.
With slrn I need to use the -C option though and I was wondering if
there was an equivalent for mutt. Presumably the -C option to slrn
says send the ANSI colour sequences even if it doesn't look like the
terminal you are running on will understand them.
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