Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray! SOLVED!

2013-09-19 Thread Eric d'Halibut
On 9/19/13, Bob Proulx wrote: > And if it doesn't help you then it still might help someone else so > the investment is often useful multiple times. The rule is see one, > do one, teach one. If you want to pay it back then help someone else > out in the future. *Rather* well said. Another way

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

2013-09-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Eric d'Halibut wrote: > I have a gnome-terminal profile configured with a black background. > However, running mutt in it changes the background to gray, a much > lower contrast situation. In all the other terminals I have tried > (xterm, rxvt, urxvt), black stays black in mutt. (This > background-

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

2013-09-19 Thread Rob Owens
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:18:46AM -0400, Eric d'Halibut wrote: > I have a gnome-terminal profile configured with a black background. > However, running mutt in it changes the background to gray, a much > lower contrast situation. In all the other terminals I have tried > (xterm, rxvt, urxvt), blac

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

2013-09-19 Thread Eric d'Halibut
On 9/19/13, Bob Proulx wrote: > This behavior is why this is happening with both mutt and mc. Try > less. Is it happening with less too? I think it should be. Thank you for your encyclopedic response -- way above the call of duty! I will try to get your suggested experiments. I'm sorry but

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

2013-09-19 Thread Bob Proulx
Eric d'Halibut wrote: > Bob Proulx wrote: > > This behavior is why this is happening with both mutt and mc. Try > > less. Is it happening with less too? I think it should be. > > Thank you for your encyclopedic response -- way above the call of duty! > > I will try to get your suggested experi

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

2013-09-19 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 12:18:46AM -0400, Eric d'Halibut wrote: > I have a gnome-terminal profile configured with a black background. > However, running mutt in it changes the background to gray, a much > lower contrast situation. In all the other terminals I have tried > (xterm, rxvt, urxvt), blac

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

2013-09-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Thu, 2013-09-19 at 00:18 -0400, Eric d'Halibut wrote: > I really like the tabbed windows setup. Are there any other terms out > there that provide that feature? xfce4-terminal -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

2013-09-19 Thread Jochen Spieker
Eric d'Halibut: > > I have a gnome-terminal profile configured with a black background. > However, running mutt in it changes the background to gray, a much > lower contrast situation. My guess is that the terminal's background color is independent of the named colors that it provides to programs

mutt in gnome-terminal goes gray!

2013-09-18 Thread Eric d'Halibut
I have a gnome-terminal profile configured with a black background. However, running mutt in it changes the background to gray, a much lower contrast situation. In all the other terminals I have tried (xterm, rxvt, urxvt), black stays black in mutt. (This background-goes-gray also happens with midn