But in xterm it does: if I start mc in an xterm, it is blue.
If ssh somewhere in an xterm (perhaps to the same host) and run mc in that remote shell session, it is blue again. That\'s  OK.

But when I use Eterm, the situation changes: when I run mc in an Eterm, it is blue. If I run it in an ssh-session in Eterm, it is _not_ blue. If I start it as

TERM=xterm mc

in an ssh-session in Eterm, it is blue as it should.

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