Missing text attributes in MC 4.7.x

[Jochen Roderburg <Roderburg Uni-Koeln DE>]

Hello,

I use MC under Linux with NCurses on monochrome terminals (standard  
xterm under Linux or Teraterm under MS Windows).
The new 4.7.x series is now pretty unusable in this environment,  
because all text attributes (bold, inverse) do not show up.

I have put 2 screenshots from version 4.6.2 and 4.7.0.2 on my personal  
webspace for illustration:
http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0045/mc462.png  
http://www.uni-koeln.de/~a0045/mc4702.png

I could live with the fact that the buttons, menus and dialogs come  
without attributes, but the file lists cannot be used in this form:  
you cannot see the current file and/or any marked files.

I see two items in the latest change file, which could have something  
to do with this issue, but obviously they did not really change my  
observed problems:
  * Broken transparency if MC is built with NCurses (#1657)
  * Selections not visible on monochrome terminals (#1972)

Best regards,

Jochen Roderburg
RRZK
University of Cologne
Robert-Koch-Str. 10                    Tel.:   +49-221/478-7024
D-50931 Koeln                          E-Mail: Roderburg Uni-Koeln DE
Germany