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Emacs 21.2 is using black on black for the default colors
in non-X11 mode when the termcap capabilites AF and BF
are present for the TERM I am using.

Using -bg and -fg works OK, but the default color scheme of
black on black is not all that readable (!).

Is this a known bug?

Joe Buehler