Re: Colors - editor and viewer ?

On Mon, 07 Nov 2005 05:30:33 GMT, pinchy the lobster
<pinchy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> 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.

Yup, true 'nuff.

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