Re: Colors - editor and viewer ?



Chris Menzel <cmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:slrndmsr83.284.cmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> On 5 Nov 2005 08:15:46 -0800, ThoughtMill <ThoughtMill@xxxxxxxxx> said:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have read a lot about colors in mutt, and have successfully
>> configured most of what I like. I haven't been able to find any info
>
> Where have you looked?
>
>> on the colors used in message composition (editing) ...
>
> There is no info on the colors used for msg composition because mutt
> calls an external editor and hence has no control over its choice of
> colors (search for "editor" in your .muttrc file and read). So to set
> the colors you want for editing, you have to adjust the config file for
> whatever editor mutt happens to be conjuring up for you.
>
>> and message viewing.
>
> Eh? Most of mutt's color config parameters have to do with message
> viewing. Try googling "mutt manual" and then searching on, oh, say,
> "color". ;-)

True, unless he is using another pager other than "builtin". Then it will
be the pager's color settings, similar to editor above.

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