On Mon, Sep 17, 2007 at 07:42:55AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > OK, this is what I found out from experimentation and further > inquiry... What I initially wanted to achieve with nano (that > is, to make the whole screen background white while in console > - the same as with mutt) is impossible: nano allows only for color > *highlighting*, and that's all. The "color background feature" > works only in the context of *syntax highlighting*, which is > what I did not quite grasp at first.
For background colors in the console: man setterm -- Chris. ======