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Re: MC



on Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 11:12:48AM +0200, Erdmut Pfeifer (e.pfeifer@science-computing.de) wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2001 at 08:25:55AM +0200, Ales Jerman wrote:
> > Why is mc in xterm black&white, why there are no colors? Because ls
> > --color does what I asked for, why not mc? (mc-Midnight Commander)
> > Thanks!
> 
> whether mc automatically starts up in color mode depends on some
> termcap/terminfo setting of your terminal.
> There's a commandline option to force it to start in color mode:
> 
> mc -c
> 
> Alternatively, you can set the environment variable COLORTERM before
> starting mc.

Incidentally, I notice that mc tends to revert to no color in remote
terminals accessed through ssh.

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