On Tue, Jan 18, 2000 at 04:28:16PM -0600, David DeSimone wrote:
> Chris Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> You made yourself clear. What perhaps was not made clear to you is
> that, unlike slrn, Mutt is a rather pedantic application, and does not
> attempt to work around broken terminfo databases. Slrn has the -C
> option to force color, even if the terminfo database fails to mention
> color. Mutt has no such option, because Mutt believes that you should
> fix your terminfo database instead of trying to teach every application
> about colors. It is, indeed, the better solution, and Mutt simply takes
> a stand that forces you to fix the root problem, rather than treat the
> symptoms.
>
I had sort of realised this and I have fixed it now. I have mutt
compiled with S-Lang here and S-Lang gives me the ability to bodge (?)
it as required. All I needed to do was to set the environment
COLORTERM and to put sensible valuse in COLORFGBG and now I have mutt
working in colour across my ssh connection.
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