From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Sep 6 18:20:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA21523 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 18:20:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA21517 for ; Sun, 6 Sep 1998 18:20:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@freebie.lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) with ESMTP id KAA19024; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:49:46 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.9.1/8.9.0) id KAA00588; Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:49:43 +0930 (CST) Message-ID: <19980907104943.A583@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 10:49:43 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Jeff Gray , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: jwg@netbox.com Subject: Re: mutt and color References: <19980906074314.20983@cableco-op.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91.1i In-Reply-To: <19980906074314.20983@cableco-op.com>; from Jeff Gray on Sun, Sep 06, 1998 at 07:43:14AM -0700 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 X-Mutt-References: <19980906074314.20983@cableco-op.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sunday, 6 September 1998 at 7:43:14 -0700, Jeff Gray wrote: > I have been trying to get mutt to work in color. 'mc' the > midnight commander app works fine in color so I looked to the app. > > The archives suggest checking if mutt was compiled with color and > setting the TERM variable. > >> mutt -v|grep COLOR >> USE_POP +HAVE_REGCOMP -USE_GNU_RX +HAVE_COLOR +HAVE_PGP5 -BUFFY_SIZE > >> setenv TERM xterm-color > > Running 2.2.6 > There is no .muttrc file in my home directory. I tried to > use the sample one provided in the doc file but its use > resulted in many error messages saying that the colors did not > exist. > > Any suggestions? You'll need a .muttrc. I've just checked: without it you'll get B&W. There's a sample one in the distribution. In addition, colour didn't work properly with older versions of XFree86. It does with the latest version, but I can't tell when the change occured. If it still doesn't work after installing a .muttrc, you might like to install the latest version. Greg -- See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message