Midnight Commander transparent color scheme

Midnight Commander (or "mc") can have transparent panels instead of the ugly, dull default blue. So can "mcedit", its text editor.

Here's how to do it. Edit the file ~/.mc/ini and add at the end the following:


[Colors]
base_color=normal=,default:selected=,:marked=,default:\
markselect=,:menu=,:menuhot=,:menusel=,:\
menuhotsel=,:dnormal=,:dfocus=,:dhotnormal=,:dhotfocus=,:\
input=,:reverse=,:executable=,default:directory=,default:\
link=,default:device=,default:special=,:core=,:helpnormal=,:\
helplink=,:helpslink=,:editnormal=,default:

Note #1: In the above 'code' block, there is only one line below [Colors]. I truncated the line with the backslash because of blogspot rendering issues. You just write all that on one single line, without the "\" (backslash-es).

Note #2: At the end of this line, the "editnormal,=default:" option means that mcedit will have transparent background in your console, as well.

UPDATE: If you want to see a more in-depth look upon color customization in Midnight Commander, check out this post.