this is actually a reply to the original message which I (unfortunately)
deleted.

try TERM=xterm-color

I just had to write a wrapper so I could have gkrellm call mutt. Originally mutt
would pop up, but be in mono. So my wrapper is as follows

#!/bin/bash

wait 10000;
export TERM=xterm-color;
/usr/bin/mutt;


seems to work...

tw


Le jour Thu Sep 06, 2001 at 11:36:49AM -0400, Ken Weingold ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) a 
écrit...

> On Thu, Sep  6, 2001, Dave Spracklen wrote:
> > I understand how to use the color settings in the configuration file. My
> > problem is that although I use color_xterm which is fully color compatible
> > (including using color0 etc) I can't figure out how I convince mutt to use
> > color. At first I thought I was doing something wrong, but when I added in some
> > 'mono' configuration options these immediately began working. I don't see
> > anything in the manual or man pages related to forcing mutt to use the color
> > options rather than the mono ones. I've tried switching my TERM from xterm to
> > vt100 just out of curiosity, but of course that didn't do anything. What's up? 
> > How can I get this going?
> 
> I don't know what OS you are on, but under Solaris, the only term that
> would work to get color was dtterm.  I figured this out since color
> would work in the CDE Terminal, but not under any other, with whatever
> other term settings I tried.
> 
> HTH...
> 
> 
> -Ken

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