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On 06/04/2016 11:32, Ismail Donmez wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 12:22 PM, Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com> wrote:
>> A counter example:
>> http://chbrauner.blogspot.de/2014/02/mutt-compiled-against-ncurses-and.html
>>
>> try and let me know
>
> I am not using a mutt colorscheme but a mintty one which mutt fails to
> render. I will, however, try the change but a quote from the page
>
> "The solution is to replace a lot of the very specific color
> specifications of the colorscheme by the value default. "
>
> This proves the point that mutt is unable to use 256-color specifications.
>
> Thanks,
> Ismail

ncurse can handle 256 color.
I doubt that mutt is different from other programs.


which TERM variable are you using ?

  $ TERM="xterm"
  $ tput colors
8

$ TERM="xterm-256color"
$ tput colors
256


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