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+Q: Why doesn't irssi display colors even when ircii etc. displays them?
+A: Irssi uses curses, ircii and others don't (no, not even if ldd says they
+   use it). Curses decides if terminal supports colors based on the TERM
+   variable, so changing it should help. Some values to try when running
+   in xterm are: xterm, xterm-color and color_xterm.
+
 Q: Why does irssi crash when pressing Ctrl-4?
 A: Most unices are usually configured to send SIGQUIT to active process when
    Ctrl-\ is pressed. Some terminals also treat Ctrl-4 and Ctrl-\ equally, so