From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 17 13:51:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA26363 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:51:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA26199 for ; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:50:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA03953; Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:50:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Thu, 17 Sep 1998 13:50:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: groggy@iname.com cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: curses, mc, and lynx In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 16 Sep 1998 groggy@iname.com wrote: > if i set my terminal to a certain color, And how are you doing that? > it is reset to grey after running Lynx > or Midnight Commander (probably any color > terminal program). what is the best way > to get around this - so i get my original > color back when exiting one of these programs? Run the command you ran before to make it color. The programs you quote reinitialize the terminal and clear out any existing settings. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message