On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 11:49:16AM -0500, Pat Mahoney wrote: > On Wed, May 24, 2000 at 03:29:08AM +0200, Francois Fayard wrote: > > Hello, I have some problems with programms that uses ncurses (I > > think this is the source of the problem). I use rxvt (But there is > > the same problem under xterm), and when i run dselect or when i use > > vim inside mutt, that background of my term becomes black wheras I > > use lightyellow as background color. > > > > Thanks for your help > > > > > > I'm not an expert, but I think some programs just specify their own colors > and there's not much you can do about it. > > Try running lynx and then lynx -nocolor in an rxvt. > > BTW, lynx -nocolor looks cool in an Eterm with a nice background or > transparency.
Well, I know the colors of mutt and lynx are both configurable. For mutt, you put them in ~/.mutt/muttrc, for lynx ~/.lynx.cfg. You'll have to consult the docs for the specifics. I don't know if you can do much about dselect colors. -- ¶ One·should·only·use·the·ASCII·characterset·when·compos » ing·email·messages.