Re: [TCLUG:16977] Colors in terminal...

[Adam Maloney <adam@iexposure.com>]

*Color* in VI?  Heretic!  I bet you like that little paperclip thing
too!

"Gabe Turner (officer)" wrote:
> 
> 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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>                         - Powdered Toast Man in "Powdered Toast Man"
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Adam Maloney
Systems Administrator
Internet Exposure, Inc.