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Bug#14744: mc: mc gives black screen in a color-xterm



Package: mc
Version: 4.1.9-1

When starting mc with the TERM variable set to xterm-color, it paints the
window black and doesn't appear to be responding to keypresses (eg. F10.)

I start mc in a xterm with the following invocation:

  TERM=xterm-color mc

The window then becomes solid black and doesn't respond to mouseclicks or 
keypresses.
You have to resize the xterm to have it repaint the screen and then it's okay.

Starting mc in a xterm with the command-line:

  TERM=vt100 mc

also gives strange side-effects, but when exiting mc; the terminal fills with 
codes and thereafter hangs and is irresponsive.

A further wishlist item: if the xterm-color behaviour can be fixed, I'd
like to see the "TERM=xterm-color mc" invocation become the default in the
x-windows menu entry. It currentl starts a black and white mc, which looks
far less nice.


-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.3
Kernel Version: Linux pc47 2.1.60 #1 Mon Oct 27 18:54:02 CET 1997 i486 unknown

Versions of the packages mc depends on:
libc6	Version: 2.0.5c-0.1
libgpmg1	Version: 1.12-6
ncurses3.4	Version: 1.9.9g-5
ncurses-base	Version: 1.9.9g-5


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