Re: Changing colors

[Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>]

Hello!

> > > On a normal text console, if i do any of:
> > >   mc -C yellow,green
> > >   mc -C normal=yellow,green
> > >   mc -c -C normal=yellow,green
> > >
> > > then i still get a blue background and grey/white text.

That's the expected result for "mc -C yellow,green"

> I just tried:  mc -C yellow,green today and it worked on a normal
> console and in an xterm. Don't know why it didn't before.

It doesn't work for me (CVS version of mc).  I mean, it has no effect.  
Unfortunately, there is no error message about invalid command line.

> > xterm uses its own colors.  Read documentation for xterm to change
> > them or use another terminal that supports palette switching, such as
> > konsole and gnome-terminal.
> 
> I've read the manuals in the /usr/doc/mc directory on debian (FAQ.gz)
> and looked on the net, but there's nothing about setting the background
> colour.

Sometime it also helps to read the parts of the message you are quoting.  
"man xterm" describes how to set standard colors.

> mc --help-colors  gives a list of options, but nothing affects the
> background colour of the left and right viewing panes. How can i
> do this?

If you mean "quick view", it is affected by the "normal" attribute.
I used "mc -C normal=yellow,green" and took this screenshot:
http://www.red-bean.com/~proski/quickview.png

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin