diff --git a/src/fe-text/term-curses.c b/src/fe-text/term-curses.c
index f1ee3131..fd24bbe3 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/term-curses.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/term-curses.c
@@ -302,11 +302,6 @@ static int get_attr(int color)
 }
 
 /* Change active color */
-void term_set_color2(TERM_WINDOW *window, int col, unsigned int fg_ignore, unsigned int bg_ignore)
-{
-	term_set_color(window, col);
-}
-
 void term_set_color(TERM_WINDOW *window, int col)
 {
 	wattrset(window->win, get_attr(col));
diff --git a/src/fe-text/term-terminfo.c b/src/fe-text/term-terminfo.c
index 2ca2f347..3aecabb7 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/term-terminfo.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/term-terminfo.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ inline static int term_putchar(int c)
 /* copied from terminfo-core.c */
 int tputs();
 
-static int term_set_color_24bit(int bg, unsigned int lc)
+static int termctl_set_color_24bit(int bg, unsigned int lc)
 {
 	static char buf[20];
 	const unsigned char color[] = { lc >> 16, lc >> 8, lc };
@@ -326,12 +326,25 @@ static int term_set_color_24bit(int bg, unsigned int lc)
 #define COLOR_RESET UINT_MAX
 
 /* Change active color */
+#ifdef TERM_TRUECOLOR
 void term_set_color2(TERM_WINDOW *window, int col, unsigned int fgcol24, unsigned int bgcol24)
+#else
+void term_set_color(TERM_WINDOW *window, int col)
+#endif
 {
 	int set_normal;
 
-	unsigned int fg = (col & ATTR_FGCOLOR24) ? fgcol24 << 8 :  (col & FG_MASK);
-	unsigned int bg = (col & ATTR_BGCOLOR24) ? bgcol24 << 8 : ((col & BG_MASK) >> BG_SHIFT);
+	unsigned int fg =
+#ifdef TERM_TRUECOLOR
+		(col & ATTR_FGCOLOR24) ? fgcol24 << 8 :
+#endif
+		(col & FG_MASK);
+
+	unsigned int bg =
+#ifdef TERM_TRUECOLOR
+		(col & ATTR_BGCOLOR24) ? bgcol24 << 8 :
+#endif
+		((col & BG_MASK) >> BG_SHIFT);
 
         set_normal = ((col & ATTR_RESETFG) && last_fg != COLOR_RESET) ||
 		((col & ATTR_RESETBG) && last_bg != COLOR_RESET);
@@ -364,7 +377,7 @@ void term_set_color2(TERM_WINDOW *window, int col, unsigned int fgcol24, unsigne
                 if (term_use_colors) {
 			last_fg = fg;
 			if (!(fg & 0xff))
-				term_set_color_24bit(0, last_fg >> 8);
+				termctl_set_color_24bit(0, last_fg >> 8);
 			else
 				terminfo_set_fg(last_fg);
 		}
@@ -381,7 +394,7 @@ void term_set_color2(TERM_WINDOW *window, int col, unsigned int fgcol24, unsigne
                 if (term_use_colors) {
 			last_bg = bg;
 			if (!(bg & 0xff))
-				term_set_color_24bit(1, last_bg >> 8);
+				termctl_set_color_24bit(1, last_bg >> 8);
 			else
 				terminfo_set_bg(last_bg);
 		}
@@ -404,12 +417,6 @@ void term_set_color2(TERM_WINDOW *window, int col, unsigned int fgcol24, unsigne
 	last_attrs = col & ~( BG_MASK | FG_MASK );
 }
 
-void term_set_color(TERM_WINDOW *window, int col)
-{
-	term_set_color2(window, col &~(ATTR_FGCOLOR24|ATTR_BGCOLOR24), UINT_MAX, UINT_MAX);
-}
-
-
 void term_move(TERM_WINDOW *window, int x, int y)
 {
 	if (x >= 0 && y >= 0) {
diff --git a/src/fe-text/term.h b/src/fe-text/term.h
index e5f66644..05a31573 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/term.h
+++ b/src/fe-text/term.h
@@ -71,8 +71,13 @@ void term_window_clear(TERM_WINDOW *window);
 /* Scroll window up/down */
 void term_window_scroll(TERM_WINDOW *window, int count);
 
+#ifdef TERM_TRUECOLOR
+#define term_set_color(window, col) term_set_color2(window, (col) &~(ATTR_FGCOLOR24|ATTR_BGCOLOR24), UINT_MAX, UINT_MAX)
 void term_set_color2(TERM_WINDOW *window, int col, unsigned int fgcol24, unsigned int bgcol24);
+#else
+#define term_set_color2(window, col, unused1, unused2) term_set_color(window, col)
 void term_set_color(TERM_WINDOW *window, int col);
+#endif
 
 void term_move(TERM_WINDOW *window, int x, int y);
 void term_addch(TERM_WINDOW *window, char chr);
diff --git a/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c b/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c
index 81deaf54..c878fc57 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c
+++ b/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.c
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "module.h"
 #include "textbuffer-view.h"
+#include "signals.h"
 #include "utf8.h"
 
 typedef struct {
@@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ static void update_cmd_color(unsigned char cmd, int *color)
 }
 
 #ifdef TERM_TRUECOLOR
-static void unformat_24bit_line_color(const unsigned char **ptr, int off, int *flags, int *fg, int *bg)
+static void unformat_24bit_line_color(const unsigned char **ptr, int off, int *flags, unsigned int *fg, unsigned int *bg)
 {
 	unsigned int color;
 	unsigned char rgbx[4];
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ view_update_line_cache(TEXT_BUFFER_VIEW_REC *view, LINE_REC *line)
         unsigned char cmd;
 	const unsigned char *ptr, *next_ptr, *last_space_ptr;
 	int xpos, pos, indent_pos, last_space, last_color, color, linecount;
-	int last_bg24, last_fg24, bg24, fg24;
+	unsigned int last_bg24, last_fg24, bg24, fg24;
 	int char_width;
 
 	g_return_val_if_fail(line->text != NULL, NULL);
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ view_update_line_cache(TEXT_BUFFER_VIEW_REC *view, LINE_REC *line)
 	color = ATTR_RESETFG | ATTR_RESETBG;
 	xpos = 0; indent_pos = view->default_indent;
 	last_space = last_color = 0; last_space_ptr = NULL; sub = NULL;
+	last_bg24 = last_fg24 = UINT_MAX;
 
         indent_func = view->default_indent_func;
         linecount = 1;
@@ -387,7 +389,10 @@ static int view_line_draw(TEXT_BUFFER_VIEW_REC *view, LINE_REC *line,
         const unsigned char *text, *end, *text_newline;
 	unsigned char *tmp;
 	unichar chr;
-	int xpos, color, fg24, bg24, drawcount, first, need_move, need_clrtoeol, char_width;
+	int xpos, color, drawcount, first, need_move, need_clrtoeol, char_width;
+#ifdef TERM_TRUECOLOR
+	unsigned int fg24, bg24;
+#endif
 
 	if (view->dirty) /* don't bother drawing anything - redraw is coming */
                 return 0;
diff --git a/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.h b/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.h
index 48cba093..ab6786e0 100644
--- a/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.h
+++ b/src/fe-text/textbuffer-view.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ typedef struct {
         INDENT_FUNC indent_func;
 	int color;
 #ifdef TERM_TRUECOLOR
-	int fg24, bg24;
+	unsigned int fg24, bg24;
 #endif
 
 	/* first word in line belong to the end of the last word in