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4.194. newt
Updated newt packages that add one enhancement are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.
Newt is a programming library for color text mode, widget-based user interfaces. Newt can be used to add stacked windows, entry widgets, check boxes, radio buttons, labels, plain text fields, and so on, to text mode user interfaces.
Enhancement
- BZ#707704
- Prior to this update, it was not possible to set a color of individual labels, scrollbars, entries, textboxes, and scales. With this update, setting a color of the aforementioned GUI elements is now possible.
All users of newt are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.

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