On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 03:20:03PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 05:04:53AM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote: > > On Sun, May 12, 2002 at 12:23:06AM -0600, Rob 'Feztaa' Park wrote: > > > Alas! Will Yardley spake thus: > > > > if you're using xterm, you probably want to set TERM to xterm-xfree86. > > > > > > For the record, I use xterm's exclusively on my system, and I've got > > > $TERM set to xterm-color, and everything colors just great. Mutt, Vim, > > > everything ;) > > > > > > > Just a quick question for you - is the background on your xterm dark or > > light? I am asking because vim sets background correctly for me in the > > console, but fails to detect the black background in an xterm/konsole > > window. The same goes for mutt, it colorizes as though the background > > was light colored. > > generally it _cannot_ detect whether the background is light or dark.
Hmmm... so what would the solution be in this case? Should I always use a dark background? I guess if I had to choose between a dark and a light background, I'd be more inclined to use a dark background. How would I tell mutt that the background will always be dark? Is there any way to switch between the colors for dark and light backgrounds while in the application? Thanks, Andy
