On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Pavel Roskin wrote: > Hi, Thomas! > > > > I've compiled mutt-1.3.28i in the default configuration on RedHat Linux > > > 7.2 (i386) with all updates. If I run it in xterm (from XFree86-4.1.0) or > > > in rxvt-2.7.6, it shows a blank screen. I can quit by pressing Ctrl-C and > > > Enter. The same executable runs on the Linux console just fine. > > > > what $TERM value? > > "xterm" both under xterm and rxvt. I forgot to mention that I was running > xterm from rxvt. I have found that if I run xterm from the window manager > the problem goes away! > > When I run rxvt, it sets the following environment variables beginning > with "COLOR": > > COLORFGBG=default;0 > COLORTERM=rxvt > > Both xterm and rxvt are using black background. From .Xdefaults: > > XTerm*background: black > XTerm*foreground: gray85 > > Unsetting COLORFGBG fixes the problem.
that's a bug that I fixed in September. The problem was that when I coded the $COLORFGBG logic (which btw is under-documented in rxvt - you have to read the C code to see it), it didn't occur to me that its format might change. It happens that the format depends on whether xpm is linked in - 2 or 3 fields. The background color is the last field. (Since it's under-documented, it's also possible that in the future anything that relies upon that format will be broken ;-). > > My interpretation is that mutt uses black text on black background. > Probably ncurses interprets "default" in COLORFGBG as "black" whereas > S-Lang uses the foreground from the X resources. > > Shouldn't ncurses ignore COLORFGBG if it has unsupported keywords (let's > move this discussion elsewhere if you want to continue). $COLORFGBG is marked as an experimental feature. I've gotten 2-3 reports of this particular problem - but only months after I stumbled on it myself. Apparently one or more of the rpm's last year turned that feature on, though it was in the code almost a year. > Not exactly mutt problem, but may be useful thing to know if other people > ask. > > -- T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
