is there a way to change the default background colour?

[John Maclean]

I have noticed that the 'mc' that ships with the distribution "Damn Small Linux" has two settings, the default for the regular users and a red background when it's started by root.

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 00:34:22 -0800
me <mutschae at gmail.com> wrote:

> peace
> 
> i also got bored about the look that reminds so much about the old nc in dos.
> 
> i created a script /bin/m that does
> 
> #!/bin/sh
> mc --colors normal=green,default:selected=blue,default:marked=brightblue,default:markselect=brightgreen,default:directory=green,default:executable=red,default:link=cyan,default:device=brightred,default:special=lightgray,default:errors=red,default:reverse=green,default:gauge=green,default:input=blue,default:dnormal=green,gray:dfocus=brightgreen,gray:dhotnormal=cyan,gray:dhotfocus=brightcyan,gray:menu=green,default:menuhot=cyan,default:menusel=blue,default:menuhotsel=cyan,default:helpnormal=cyan,default:editnormal=green,default:editbold=blue,default:editmarked=black,blue
> -U
> 
> of course to be consistent you also need a mcedit wrapper:
> /bin/med
> #!/bin/sh
> mcedit --colors
> normal=green,default:selected=red,default:marked=brightred,default:markselect=brightgreen,default:directory=green,default:executable=blue,default:link=cyan,default:device=brightred,default:special=lightgray,default:errors=red,default:reverse=green,default:gauge=green,default:input=blue,default:dnormal=green,gray:dfocus=brightgreen,gray:dhotnormal=cyan,gray:menu=green,default:menuhot=cyan,default:menusel=blue,default:menuhotsel=cyan,default:helpnormal=cyan,default:editnormal=green,default:editbold=blue,default:editmarked=black,blue
> $*
> 
> i found no other way to archieve that - and warn you: some things are
> not readable with this settings.
> 
> the background color ist the 2nd parameter (often default) so i got
> black/transparent looks.
> 
> a-men
> 
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