commit - 3e2f28e1e2b0cd849b0f0f84f5f14420eb966aee
commit + 7457c800cc6eac1d165d5110135c55699e4b244a
blob - f14f75374dbc13f1375ba67c47ef78b79099fe3e
blob + 3c3147185886edc37abc5cdea22d4874eaa45da6
--- de/mud/jta/plugin/Terminal.java
+++ de/mud/jta/plugin/Terminal.java
@@ -130,7 +130,13 @@ public class Terminal extends Plugin
         else
           return Color.decode(code);
       } catch (Exception e) {
-        System.err.println("Ignoring unknown color code: " + code);
+	try {
+          // try one last time
+	  return Color.decode(code);
+        } catch(Exception ex) {
+	  // ignore
+        }
+        error("ignoring unknown color code: " + code);
       }
     return null;
   }