[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ferenc Kiraly) writes: > This may be a stupid question, but is it possible to convince colorize > MC in a xterm? I don't use MC I'm just curious. > Just start it with "mc -c" and it will be in color. Using rxvt this is default behaviour. It is well documented and if you type "mc -h" you will be shown all commandline parameters:
Midnight Commander 4.1.3 The Midnight Commander 4.1.3 Usage is: mc [-abCcdfhklmPstuUVvx?] [other_panel_dir] [this-dir] -a Force use of +, -, | for line drawing -b Force black and white -C <keyword>=<fore>,<back> Color usage keywords: normal, selected, marked, markselect, errors, reverse dnormal, dfocus, dhotnormal, dhotfocus, menu, menuhot menusel, menuhotsel. colors: black, red, green, brightgreen, brown, yellow, blue, brightblue, magenta, brightmagenta, cyan, brightcyan, lightgray and white -c Force color, only available if terminfo allows it -e Run in Edit mode -d Disable mouse support -f Print configured paths -k Reset softkeys (HP terminals only) to their terminfo/termcap default -P At exit, print last working directory -s Disables verbose operation (for slow terminals) -t Activate support for the TERMCAP variable -l file Log ftpfs commands to the file -u Disable the concurrent subshell mode -U Force the concurrent subshell mode -v [file] start up into the viewer mode -x Force xterm mouse support and screen save/restore Cheers, P.*8^) -- Paul Seelig [EMAIL PROTECTED] African Music Archive - Institute for Ethnology and Africa Studies Johannes Gutenberg-University - Forum 6 - 55099 Mainz/Germany My Homepage in the WWW at the URL http://www.uni-mainz.de/~pseelig -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .