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Colors in terminal...



Ok, fellow Slack-fiends, and anyone else, I need some help.  For the last month
or so, I've been wrestling with both mutt and vim, trying to get them to show
up in color in my xterm (Eterm, actually).  Now, "ls --color" will display
things in color, and I've got slrn (using slang) using colors, but mutt and vim
both refuse...  I've tried everything: messing with compile-time options, 
changing env variables, using different terms (rxvt, xterm), tried what they
suggested in the Mutt FAQ, all for not.  The weird thing is, this only seems
to happen in Slackware, AFAIK.  I can compile mutt (and vim) with no options
to configure on a RedHat box, and the bloody colors work!  Any other Slack users
run into this problem (and hopefully, fix it)?

More info:

- I'm using Slackware 7

- Mutt version info and options:

frostbite:~$ mutt -v
Mutt 1.1.12i (2000-04-22)
Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Michael R. Elkins and others.
Mutt comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `mutt -vv'.
Mutt is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it
under certain conditions; type `mutt -vv' for details.

System: Linux 2.3.99-pre5 [using slang 10202]
Compile options:
-DOMAIN
+DEBUG
-HOMESPOOL  -USE_SETGID  +USE_DOTLOCK  +USE_FCNTL  -USE_FLOCK
-USE_IMAP  -USE_GSS  -USE_SSL  -USE_POP  +HAVE_REGCOMP  -USE_GNU_REGEX  
+HAVE_COLOR  +HAVE_PGP  -BUFFY_SIZE -EXACT_ADDRESS  +ENABLE_NLS
SENDMAIL="/usr/bin/sendmail"
MAILPATH="/var/mail"
SHAREDIR="/usr/local/share/mutt"
SYSCONFDIR="/usr/local/etc"
-ISPELL
To contact the developers, please mail to <mutt-dev@mutt.org>.
To report a bug, please use the muttbug utility.

- Vim options and version info

frostbite:~$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 5.6 (2000 Jan 16, compiled May  1 2000 11:05:03)
Compiled by root@frostbite, with (+) or without (-):
+autocmd +browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent +cmdline_compl 
+cmdline_info +comments +cryptv +cscope +dialog_con_gui +digraphs +emacs_tags 
+eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path -osfiletype +find_in_path 
+fork() +GUI_Athena -hangul_input +insert_expand +langmap +linebreak 
+lispindent +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse +mouse_dec +mouse_gpm 
+mouse_netterm +mouse_xterm +multi_byte -perl +quickfix -python +rightleft 
+scrollbind +smartindent -sniff +statusline +syntax +tag_binary +tag_old_static 
-tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +textobjects +title +user_commands +visualextra 
+viminfo +wildignore +wildmenu +writebackup +X11 -xfontset -xim 
+xterm_clipboard -xterm_save 
   system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
  system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
    user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
    system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/local/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H  -DUSE_GUI_ATHENA -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DNARROWPROTO -I. -g -O2 -Wall -I/usr/X11R6/include     
Linking: gcc  -o vim -L. -L/usr/X11R6/lib  -lXaw -lXext -lXt -lXt -lX11  -lncurses  -lgpm    


I'm on the brink of going mad... please help if you can :)

TIA

Gabe

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Gabe Turner		President, ACM @ U of MN	     dopp@acm.cs.umn.edu

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