[Pidgin] #3560: Finch needs monochrome option

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#3560: Finch  needs monochrome option
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Reporter:  Tigerwolf  |       Owner:  sadrul             
    Type:  defect     |      Status:  new                
Priority:  minor      |   Component:  finch (gnt/ncurses)
 Version:  2.2.0      |    Keywords:                     
 Pending:  0          |  
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 Having the finch text-based client is *wonderful*...BUT:

 It assumes a color xterm is being used for display.

 It needs to be able to operate a monochrome 'dumb' terminal (i.e DEC
 VT-100/102/220/320/etc and similar) in a plain ncurses environment such as
 found when a terminal is connected via a serial port.

 The colors currently used for hilighting completely make the 'cursor'
 completely invisible on a monochrome terminal so it's impossible to tell
 just what's being selected.

 There needs to be either a 'monochrome' startup option switch or a
 callable config file which would enable the user re-define the ANSI
 attributes/color commands to allow it to be customized without being re-
 compiled.

 This should be on a per-instance basis so that console/xterm users can
 have colors, while serial/dial-up terminal users can have usable
 monochrome.

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Ticket URL: <http://developer.pidgin.im/ticket/3560>
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