Date: Mon, 7 Sep 1998 19:38:04 +0200 From: Frank Dalchow <i00428@urmel.mfh-iserlohn.de> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mutt and color Message-ID: <19980907193804.63579@urmel.mfh-iserlohn.de> In-Reply-To: <19980906074314.20983@cableco-op.com>; from Jeff Gray on Sun, Sep 06, 1998 at 07:43:14AM -0700 References: <19980906074314.20983@cableco-op.com>
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On Sun, Sep 06, 1998 at 07:43:14AM -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. > Hallo Jeff, yes, you need a .muttrc file. Are you sure, that all the colors did not exist? Or exist only the 'default' color not. You may change the 'default' to a real color like 'black'. Comment all the other errors in your .muttrc and look in the manual for the meaning. Hope that works. And sorry for my English. Frank To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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