Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-19 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 06:30:06PM -0700, Will Yardley wrote: > On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 09:21:24PM -0400, Ed Robitaille wrote: > > Ed Robitaille wrote> > > > In order to turn on color in xterm enter the > > > following line in ~/.Xdefaults > > > > > > *customization: -color > > > > > > This will

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-19 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 06:56:51PM +0200, Andre Wyrwa wrote: > On Thu, 19. Jul 2001 um 09:18:24AM -0700, Dominique Pelle wrote: > > I had the same problem: ls and vim had colors but mutt > > did not. Changing the TERM env did not help. > > Changing the TERM env helps for me, I just don't like it.

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-19 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 06:30:06PM -0700, Will Yardley wrote: > On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 09:21:24PM -0400, Ed Robitaille wrote: > > Ed Robitaille wrote> > > > In order to turn on color in xterm enter the > > > following line in ~/.Xdefaults > > > > > > *customization: -color > > > > > > This will

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-19 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 09:15:26PM -0400, Ed Robitaille wrote: > In order to turn on color in xterm enter the > following line in ~/.Xdefaults > > *customization: -color > > This will turn on color in all apps that use color in an xterm window. not exactly. It tells the X library to look for a

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-19 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 04:53:05PM +0200, Morten Liebach wrote: > The explicit color declarations probably isn't needed, and the font > isn't a standard X font, so beware. the color resources aren't needed (but it's worth noting that as you have listed them, the bold-colors are suppressed) -- T

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-19 Thread Andre Wyrwa
On Thu, 19. Jul 2001 um 09:18:24AM -0700, Dominique Pelle wrote: > I had the same problem: ls and vim had colors but mutt > did not. Changing the TERM env did not help. Changing the TERM env helps for me, I just don't like it. But maybe it's the only way. I was simply wondering why it works in Su

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-19 Thread Andre Wyrwa
On Wed, 18. Jul 2001 um 04:53:05PM +0200, Morten Liebach wrote: > XTerm*termName: xterm-color<<< this is where you set $TERM !! Ahh...this is wonderful. Thx a lot. André.

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-19 Thread Dominique Pelle
Hi, I had the same problem: ls and vim had colors but mutt did not. Changing the TERM env did not help. I rebuilt mutt with slang lib (instead of curses) and everything worked fine. Use 'configure --with-slang=dir' to tell configure where to find slang lib. Hope it helps -- Dominique On Thu,

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-19 Thread Morten Liebach
On 18, Jul, 2001 at 11:03:01AM +0200, Andre Wyrwa wrote: > How can I tell xterm to use xterm-color instead of xterm terminfo > without having to set $TERM manually? In your ~/.Xdefaults put this (from my own ~/.Xdefaults, tweaking might be needed: ! $HOME/.Xdefaults ! ! To reload it: ! !

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-19 Thread Andre Wyrwa
On Wed, 18. Jul 2001 um 06:30:06PM -0700, Will Yardley wrote: > > > In order to turn on color in xterm enter the > > > following line in ~/.Xdefaults > > > > > > *customization: -color > > > > > > This will turn on color in all apps that use color in an xterm window. I did this, but it's not en

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-18 Thread David Champion
On 2001.07.18, in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Ed Robitaille" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ed Robitaille wrote> > > In order to turn on color in xterm enter the > > following line in ~/.Xdefaults > > > > *customization: -color > > > > This will turn on color in all apps that use color in an xte

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-18 Thread Will Yardley
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 09:21:24PM -0400, Ed Robitaille wrote: > Ed Robitaille wrote> > > In order to turn on color in xterm enter the > > following line in ~/.Xdefaults > > > > *customization: -color > > > > This will turn on color in all apps that use color in an xterm window. However I'm pre

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-18 Thread Ed Robitaille
Ed Robitaille wrote> > In order to turn on color in xterm enter the > following line in ~/.Xdefaults > > *customization: -color > > This will turn on color in all apps that use color in an xterm window. Oops ! You'll have to re-start 'X' or or enter the command that re-init's 'X' to see this g

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-18 Thread Ed Robitaille
In order to turn on color in xterm enter the following line in ~/.Xdefaults *customization: -color This will turn on color in all apps that use color in an xterm window. Ed -- _ Linux, the choice | One difference

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-18 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 03:44:51PM -0400, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > Well, I'm afraid I don't have any such entry in my termcap file. I do, > however, have this one: sigh - xterm's distribution includes a termcap which can be added (up front) to the /etc/termcap file. > xterm-color|xterm-co|xterm

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-18 Thread Louis LeBlanc
Well, I'm afraid I don't have any such entry in my termcap file. I do, however, have this one: xterm-color|xterm-co|xterm with ANSI colors:\ :pa#64:Co#8:AF=\E[3%dm:AB=\E[4%dm:op=\E[39;49m:tc=xterm: This implies to me that xterm-color _is_ a valid setting. When I try setting TERM="xterm

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-18 Thread Thomas E. Dickey
On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Fox Mulder wrote: > * Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [21:42 18/07/01]: > > > > a good place to start is www.google.com (search for "xterm") > > > > as I point out 2-3 times a week, "xterm-color" is incorrect for XFree86 > > xterm, ditto "linux". > i am new to this list.

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-18 Thread Fox Mulder
* Thomas E. Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [21:42 18/07/01]: > > a good place to start is www.google.com (search for "xterm") > > as I point out 2-3 times a week, "xterm-color" is incorrect for XFree86 > xterm, ditto "linux". i am new to this list. what will be the right setting fot xf86 if it is no

Re: xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-18 Thread Thomas E. Dickey
On Wed, 18 Jul 2001, Andre Wyrwa wrote: > Hello, > > I have the problem of having a non-colored mutt, when starting it in > xterm. $TERM is "xterm". > When I change $TERM to "linux" or "xterm-color" mutt will start with > colors. > So I guess it has something to do with terminfo. Unfortunately I

xterm & colored Mutt

2001-07-18 Thread Andre Wyrwa
Hello, I have the problem of having a non-colored mutt, when starting it in xterm. $TERM is "xterm". When I change $TERM to "linux" or "xterm-color" mutt will start with colors. So I guess it has something to do with terminfo. Unfortunately I don't know a lot about it. On my SuSE-System mutt star