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Re: Mutt & 256 colors re-re-re-visited



On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 06:50:31PM EST, Mun Johl wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> Please see my comments below.
> 
> On Sun, Jan 28, 2007 at 03:29 PM PST, cga2000 wrote:
> 
> ... Text Deleted ...
> 
> c> > I read through some old email threads regarding 256 color support.  Even
> c> > though I found some good tips and information, I still can't seem to get
> c> > Mutt working with 256 colors.
> c> > 
> c> > Any assistance would be appreciated.
> c> 
> c> $ TERM=term-256color mutt
> c> 
> c> IOW when mutt see stuff like color100 it uses the "active" terminfo
> c> entry to verify that your terminal supports 256 colors. 
> c> 
> c> Is that it..?
> 
> Unfortunately, no.  When I run mutt I do first set TERM=rxvt prior to
> launching mutt.  I have verified via executing a shell command from mutt
> that the TERM is in fact set to rxvt.  I have also verified via a shell
> command that the output of 'tput colors' is 256 .

$ infocmp rxvt | grep colors

What does it say?