Re: mutt not in color

[Michael Acklin <l128620@lmtas.lmco.com>]

At 02:02 AM 5/28/98 +0000, you wrote: 
>Reply-To: garman@uiuc.edu 
> 
>Hello: 
> 
>I just installed mutt on my computer and it is not in color. Here is 
>an output of "mutt -v": 
> 
>Notice I compiled with slang. Also, I have a recent terminfo database 
>(Debian 1.3.1 installed). My $TERM is set to linux. I've also tried 
>rxvt, colr_xterm, and xterm for the TERM variable. mutt is not in 
>color on the console nor in an xterm or rxvt term (under X). I am NOT 
>using screen. I also tried explicitly setting the TERMINFO variable 
>to my terminfo database path. Nothing works. It's nasty. 
> 
>Thanks 
>garman@uiuc.edu 
>
Hello,

	I am running the same version you are and had the same problem when I 
compiled Mutt 0.91i. You have a few choices to get color in Mutt and 
probably the easiest and best way is the following:

	1. I think the mutt exec is in /usr/local/bin. If not look in /usr/bin. MV 
mutt to mutt.91i. 

	2. Dselect the mutt.deb file from the list and install it from dselect. It 
will set everything up for you and you will have a very nice color scheme. 
This shouldn't take long as it is only about 3-400k.

	3. Go back to /usr/local/bin (or where the deb mutt is installed, I am 
away from my machine and can't remember exactly where the file is). MV the 
deb mutt mutt.91 then MV the mutt.91i to mutt.

	4. Then run mutt and you should have a very nice colored mutt with PGP 
support.

	That is the easy way. There are a few other options and is based on the 
.muttrc file. Take a look in the /etc/ dir for a file called Muttrc. This 
is the global muttrc file. Also look in the doc or directory that you 
compiled mutt in. There should be a file called "sample.muttrc" you can 
copy that file to your home dir and copy it to .muttrc and it should give 
you the colors Michael Elkins uses. It is very easy to customize using the 
.muttrc file. 

Hope this helps.... 
________________________________ 
Mike Acklin 
l128620@lmtas.lmco.com (Work) 
htuttle@dallas.net (Home) 
Debian Newbie (Please bear with me!)


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