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Re: After updating ncurses to version 6.1 text looks somwehat dim


From: Thomas Dickey
Subject: Re: After updating ncurses to version 6.1 text looks somwehat dim
Date: Mon, 13 May 2019 19:32:29 -0400
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12)

On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 05:05:23PM +0200, Zbigniew wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> not sure is it a bug in ncurses or in applications I use rather.

usually this is due to compiling with ABI-5 headers and ABI-6 library
(or the reverse).  ABI-6 uses more bits for storing color information.

https://invisible-island.net/ncurses/announce-6.0.html#h2-release-notes

Though the change was a few years ago, packagers have been gradually
catching up (using ABI-5 in the meantime).
 
> My question is: is it a bug in new ncurses version - or it is now a feature,
> which should be addressed by mutt / mc / xterm (and probably other apps)
> maintainers (or maybe something in Slackware's packages needs patching)?

I might be overlooking something, but the mix of old/new is where I'd start.

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Thomas E. Dickey <address@hidden>
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