Re: Problems with ncurses programms

[Pat Mahoney <pat7@gmx.net>]

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.

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