diff --git a/src/setup.c b/src/setup.c
index f546372d2..31fc6cee3 100644
--- a/src/setup.c
+++ b/src/setup.c
@@ -552,48 +552,6 @@ setup__move_panels_config_into_separate_file(const char*profile)
 }
 
 
-static int
-setup_srt_to_char (char* str)
-{
-    int res = -1;
-
-    if (!str)
-        return (int) ' ';
-    res = g_utf8_get_char_validated (str, -1);
-
-    if ( res < 0 ) {
-        return (int) *str;
-    } else {
-        return res;
-    }
-}
-
-static inline int
-setup_load_lines_frm(const char *name)
-{
-    int ret;
-    char *frm_val = NULL;
-    frm_val = mc_config_get_string(mc_main_config, "Lines", name, " ");
-    ret = setup_srt_to_char (frm_val);
-    g_free (frm_val);
-    return ret;
-}
-
-static void
-setup_load_lines_tty(void)
-{
-    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_horiz] = setup_load_lines_frm("horiz");
-    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_vert] = setup_load_lines_frm("vert");
-    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_lefttop] = setup_load_lines_frm("lefttop");
-    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_righttop] = setup_load_lines_frm("righttop");
-    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_leftbottom] = setup_load_lines_frm("leftbottom");
-    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_rightbottom] = setup_load_lines_frm("rightbottom");
-    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinvert] = setup_load_lines_frm("thinvert");
-    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinhoriz] = setup_load_lines_frm("thinhoriz");
-    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_rightmiddle] = setup_load_lines_frm("rightmiddle");
-    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_leftmiddle] = setup_load_lines_frm("leftmiddle");
-}
-
 char *
 setup_init (void)
 {
@@ -725,8 +683,6 @@ load_setup (void)
         utf8_display = str_isutf8 (get_codepage_id( display_codepage ));
 #endif /* HAVE_CHARSET */
 
-    if (!mc_args__ugly_line_drawing)
-        setup_load_lines_tty();
 }
 
 #if defined(USE_VFS) && defined (USE_NETCODE)
diff --git a/src/skin/Makefile.am b/src/skin/Makefile.am
index c54261fb3..51e278fbe 100644
--- a/src/skin/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/skin/Makefile.am
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ libmcskin_la_SOURCES = \
 	common.c \
 	hc-skins.c \
 	ini-file.c \
+	lines.c \
 	skin.h \
 	internal.h
 
diff --git a/src/skin/hc-skins.c b/src/skin/hc-skins.c
index dd7a9a8f5..efc198e17 100644
--- a/src/skin/hc-skins.c
+++ b/src/skin/hc-skins.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ mc_skin_hardcoded_ugly_lines(mc_skin_t *mc_skin)
     set_lines("rightmiddle", "|");
     set_lines("centermiddle", "+");
     set_lines("horiz", "-");
-    set_lines("vert", "-");
+    set_lines("vert", "|");
     set_lines("thinhoriz", "-");
     set_lines("thinvert", "|");
 }
diff --git a/src/skin/ini-file.c b/src/skin/ini-file.c
index b54e5d4d9..09c5e011b 100644
--- a/src/skin/ini-file.c
+++ b/src/skin/ini-file.c
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ mc_skin_ini_file_parce(mc_skin_t *mc_skin)
     if  (! mc_skin_color_parce_ini_file(mc_skin))
 	return FALSE;
 
+    mc_skin_lines_parce_ini_file(mc_skin);
+
     return TRUE;
 }
 
@@ -140,3 +142,4 @@ mc_skin_set_hardcoded_skin(mc_skin_t *mc_skin)
 }
 
 /* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
diff --git a/src/skin/internal.h b/src/skin/internal.h
index f2b14d664..38441c326 100644
--- a/src/skin/internal.h
+++ b/src/skin/internal.h
@@ -33,4 +33,6 @@ void mc_skin_hardcoded_ugly_lines(mc_skin_t *);
 void mc_skin_hardcoded_space_lines(mc_skin_t *);
 void mc_skin_hardcoded_blackwhite_colors(mc_skin_t *);
 
+void mc_skin_lines_parce_ini_file(mc_skin_t *);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/src/skin/lines.c b/src/skin/lines.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69feb3edc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/skin/lines.c
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+   Skins engine.
+   Work with line draving chars.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2009 The Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   Written by:
+   Slava Zanko <slavazanko@gmail.com>, 2009.
+
+   This file is part of the Midnight Commander.
+
+   The Midnight Commander is free software; you can redistribute it
+   and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+   published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+   License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The Midnight Commander is distributed in the hope that it will be
+   useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
+   of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+   Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+   MA 02110-1301, USA.
+ */
+
+#include <config.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "../src/global.h"
+#include "../src/args.h"
+#include "../src/tty/tty.h"
+#include "skin.h"
+#include "internal.h"
+
+
+/*** global variables ****************************************************************************/
+
+/*** file scope macro definitions ****************************************************************/
+
+/*** file scope type declarations ****************************************************************/
+
+/*** file scope variables ************************************************************************/
+
+/*** file scope functions ************************************************************************/
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+static int
+mc_skin_lines_srt_to_char (char* str)
+{
+    int res = -1;
+
+    if (!str)
+        return (int) ' ';
+    res = g_utf8_get_char_validated (str, -1);
+
+    if ( res < 0 ) {
+        return (int) *str;
+    } else {
+        return res;
+    }
+}
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+static int
+mc_skin_lines_load_frm(mc_skin_t *mc_skin, const char *name)
+{
+    int ret;
+    char *frm_val = NULL;
+    frm_val = mc_config_get_string(mc_skin->config, "Lines", name, " ");
+    ret = mc_skin_lines_srt_to_char (frm_val);
+    g_free (frm_val);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+/*** public functions ****************************************************************************/
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
+void
+mc_skin_lines_parce_ini_file(mc_skin_t *mc_skin)
+{
+    if (mc_args__slow_terminal)
+    {
+	mc_skin_hardcoded_space_lines(mc_skin);
+    } else if (mc_args__ugly_line_drawing)
+    {
+	mc_skin_hardcoded_ugly_lines(mc_skin);
+    }
+
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_horiz] = mc_skin_lines_load_frm(mc_skin, "horiz");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_vert] = mc_skin_lines_load_frm(mc_skin, "vert");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_lefttop] = mc_skin_lines_load_frm(mc_skin, "lefttop");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_righttop] = mc_skin_lines_load_frm(mc_skin, "righttop");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_leftbottom] = mc_skin_lines_load_frm(mc_skin, "leftbottom");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_rightbottom] = mc_skin_lines_load_frm(mc_skin, "rightbottom");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinvert] = mc_skin_lines_load_frm(mc_skin, "thinvert");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinhoriz] = mc_skin_lines_load_frm(mc_skin, "thinhoriz");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_rightmiddle] = mc_skin_lines_load_frm(mc_skin, "rightmiddle");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_centertop] = mc_skin_lines_load_frm(mc_skin, "centertop");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_centerbottom] = mc_skin_lines_load_frm(mc_skin, "centerbottom");
+    mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_leftmiddle] = mc_skin_lines_load_frm(mc_skin, "leftmiddle");
+
+}
+
+/* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
+
diff --git a/src/tty/color-internal.c b/src/tty/color-internal.c
index 3232c6b6f..08c9c7f49 100644
--- a/src/tty/color-internal.c
+++ b/src/tty/color-internal.c
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 
 /*** global variables ****************************************************************************/
 
+gboolean mc_tty_color_disable;
+
 /*** file scope macro definitions ****************************************************************/
 
 /*** file scope type declarations ****************************************************************/
@@ -62,6 +64,12 @@ mc_tty_color_table_t const color_table [] = {
     { "lightgray",     COLOR_WHITE },
     { "white",         COLOR_WHITE   | A_BOLD },
     { "default",       0 }, /* default color of the terminal */
+    /* special colors */
+    { "A_REVERSE",      SPEC_A_REVERSE },
+    { "A_BOLD",         SPEC_A_BOLD},
+    { "A_BOLD_REVERSE", SPEC_A_BOLD_REVERSE },
+    { "A_UNDERLINE",    SPEC_A_UNDERLINE },
+    /* End of list */
     { NULL, 0}
 };
 
diff --git a/src/tty/color-internal.h b/src/tty/color-internal.h
index f46d74f67..640e46264 100644
--- a/src/tty/color-internal.h
+++ b/src/tty/color-internal.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 #endif			/* HAVE_SLANG */
 
 extern gboolean use_colors;
+extern gboolean mc_tty_color_disable;
+
 
 #ifdef HAVE_SLANG
 #   define CTYPE const char *
@@ -32,6 +34,13 @@ typedef struct mc_color_pair_struct {
     int pair_index;
 } mc_color_pair_t;
 
+typedef enum
+{
+	SPEC_A_REVERSE		= -100,
+	SPEC_A_BOLD		= -101,
+	SPEC_A_BOLD_REVERSE	= -102,
+	SPEC_A_UNDERLINE	= -103
+} mc_tty_color_special_t;
 
 const char *mc_tty_color_get_valid_name(const char *);
 int mc_tty_color_get_index_by_name(const char *);
diff --git a/src/tty/color-slang.c b/src/tty/color-slang.c
index 544d149f8..dc9460893 100644
--- a/src/tty/color-slang.c
+++ b/src/tty/color-slang.c
@@ -41,12 +41,13 @@
 static int
 has_colors (gboolean disable, gboolean force)
 {
+    mc_tty_color_disable = disable;
+
     if (force || (getenv ("COLORTERM") != NULL))
 	SLtt_Use_Ansi_Colors = 1;
 
-#if 0
-    /* We want to allow overwriding */
-    if (!disable) {
+    if (!mc_tty_color_disable)
+    {
 	const char *terminal = getenv ("TERM");
 	const size_t len = strlen (terminal);
 
@@ -73,25 +74,32 @@ has_colors (gboolean disable, gboolean force)
 	        cts++;
 	}
     }
-    /* Setup emulated colors */
-    if (SLtt_Use_Ansi_Colors != 0) {
-        if (!disable) {
-	    mc_init_pair (A_REVERSE, "black", "white");
-	    mc_init_pair (A_BOLD, "white", "black");
-	} else {
-	    mc_init_pair (A_REVERSE, "black", "lightgray");
-	    mc_init_pair (A_BOLD, "white", "black");
-	    mc_init_pair (A_BOLD_REVERSE, "white", "lightgray");
-	}
-    } else {
-	SLtt_set_mono (A_BOLD,    NULL, SLTT_BOLD_MASK);
-	SLtt_set_mono (A_REVERSE, NULL, SLTT_REV_MASK);
-	SLtt_set_mono (A_BOLD | A_REVERSE, NULL, SLTT_BOLD_MASK | SLTT_REV_MASK);
-    }
-#endif
     return SLtt_Use_Ansi_Colors;
 }
 
+static void
+mc_tty_color_pair_init_special(mc_color_pair_t *mc_color_pair,
+    const char *fg1, const char *bg1,
+    const char *fg2, const char *bg2,
+    SLtt_Char_Type mask)
+{
+    if (SLtt_Use_Ansi_Colors != 0)
+    {
+	if (!mc_tty_color_disable)
+	{
+	    SLtt_set_color (mc_color_pair->pair_index, (char *) "", (char *) fg1, (char *) bg1);
+	}
+	else
+	{
+	    SLtt_set_color (mc_color_pair->pair_index, (char *) "", (char *) fg2, (char *) bg2);
+	}
+    }
+    else
+    {
+	SLtt_set_mono (mc_color_pair->pair_index, NULL, mask);
+    }
+}
+
 void
 mc_tty_color_init_lib (gboolean disable, gboolean force)
 {
@@ -105,7 +113,48 @@ mc_tty_color_init_lib (gboolean disable, gboolean force)
 void
 mc_tty_color_try_alloc_pair_lib (mc_color_pair_t *mc_color_pair)
 {
-    SLtt_set_color (mc_color_pair->pair_index, (char *) "", (char *) mc_color_pair->cfg, (char *) mc_color_pair->cbg);
+    if (mc_color_pair->ifg <= (int) SPEC_A_REVERSE)
+    {
+	switch(mc_color_pair->ifg)
+	{
+	case SPEC_A_REVERSE:
+	    mc_tty_color_pair_init_special(
+		    mc_color_pair,
+		    "black", "white",
+		    "black", "lightgray",
+		    SLTT_REV_MASK
+	    );
+	break;
+	case SPEC_A_BOLD:
+	    mc_tty_color_pair_init_special(
+		    mc_color_pair,
+		    "white", "black",
+		    "white", "black",
+		    SLTT_BOLD_MASK
+	    );
+	break;
+	case SPEC_A_BOLD_REVERSE:
+	    mc_tty_color_pair_init_special(
+		    mc_color_pair,
+		    "white", "black",
+		    "white", "black",
+		    SLTT_BOLD_MASK | SLTT_REV_MASK
+	    );
+	break;
+	case SPEC_A_UNDERLINE:
+	    mc_tty_color_pair_init_special(
+		    mc_color_pair,
+		    "white", "black",
+		    "white", "black",
+		    SLTT_ULINE_MASK
+	    );
+	break;
+	}
+    }
+    else
+    {
+	SLtt_set_color (mc_color_pair->pair_index, (char *) "", (char *) mc_color_pair->cfg, (char *) mc_color_pair->cbg);
+    }
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/tty/color.c b/src/tty/color.c
index 0199b6426..1c498b79c 100644
--- a/src/tty/color.c
+++ b/src/tty/color.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ int tty_try_alloc_color_pair (const char *fg, const char *bg)
     c_fg = mc_tty_color_get_valid_name(fg);
     c_bg = mc_tty_color_get_valid_name(bg);
 
-    color_pair = g_strdup_printf("%s.%s",fg,bg);
+    color_pair = g_strdup_printf("%s.%s",c_fg,c_bg);
     if (color_pair == NULL)
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/src/tty/tty-ncurses.c b/src/tty/tty-ncurses.c
index 4a2d285ec..6f3725038 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty-ncurses.c
+++ b/src/tty/tty-ncurses.c
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ tty_getyx (int *py, int *px)
 void
 tty_draw_hline (int y, int x, int ch, int len)
 {
-    if (ch == ACS_HLINE && slow_tty) {
+    if (ch == ACS_HLINE) {
         ch = ugly_frm_thinhoriz;
     }
 
@@ -237,10 +237,8 @@ tty_draw_vline (int y, int x, int ch, int len)
 void
 tty_draw_box (int y, int x, int rows, int cols)
 {
-    if (slow_tty) {
-	tty_draw_box_slow (y, x, rows, cols);
-    } else {
 #define waddc(_y, _x, c) move (_y, _x); addch (c)
+!!!!!!
 	waddc (y, x, ACS_ULCORNER);
 	hline (ACS_HLINE, cols - 2);
 	waddc (y + rows - 1, x, ACS_LLCORNER);
@@ -255,7 +253,6 @@ tty_draw_box (int y, int x, int rows, int cols)
 	move (y + 1, x + cols - 1);
 	vline (ACS_VLINE, rows - 2);
 #undef waddc
-    }
 }
 
 void
@@ -294,11 +291,11 @@ tty_print_anychar (int c)
 {
     unsigned char str[6 + 1];
 
-    if (c == ACS_RTEE && (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)) {
+    if (c == ACS_RTEE ) {
         c = ugly_frm_rightmiddle;
     }
 
-    if (c == ACS_LTEE && (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)) {
+    if (c == ACS_LTEE ) {
         c = ugly_frm_leftmiddle;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/tty/tty-slang.c b/src/tty/tty-slang.c
index b9ae4430d..c6b4b2f79 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty-slang.c
+++ b/src/tty/tty-slang.c
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ tty_getyx (int *py, int *px)
 void
 tty_draw_hline (int y, int x, int ch, int len)
 {
-    if (ch == ACS_HLINE && (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)) {
+    if (ch == ACS_HLINE) {
         ch = mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinhoriz];
     }
 
@@ -441,10 +441,7 @@ void
 tty_draw_box (int y, int x, int rows, int cols)
 {
     /* this fix slang drawing stickchars bug */
-    if (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)
-	tty_draw_box_slow (y, x, rows, cols);
-    else
-	SLsmg_draw_box (y, x, rows, cols);
+    tty_draw_box_slow (y, x, rows, cols);
 }
 
 void
@@ -469,23 +466,22 @@ void
 tty_print_char (int c)
 {
     SLsmg_write_char ((SLwchar_Type) ((unsigned int) c));
+
+    /* FIXME: or SLsmg_draw_object (SLsmg_get_row(), SLsmg_get_column(), c); ? */
 }
 
 void
 tty_print_alt_char (int c)
 {
-    if (c == ACS_RTEE && (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)) {
+    if (c == ACS_RTEE) {
         c = mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_rightmiddle];
     }
 
-    if (c == ACS_LTEE && (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)) {
+    if (c == ACS_LTEE) {
         c = mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_leftmiddle];
     }
-    if (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty) {
-        tty_print_char (c);
-    } else {
-        SLsmg_draw_object (SLsmg_get_row(), SLsmg_get_column(), c);
-    }
+
+    tty_print_char (c);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/tty/tty.c b/src/tty/tty.c
index 682134a6f..0258f4629 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty.c
+++ b/src/tty/tty.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ gboolean slow_tty = FALSE;
 /* If true use +, -, | for line drawing */
 gboolean ugly_line_drawing = FALSE;
 
-int mc_tty_ugly_frm[] = { '|', '-', '|', '-', '+', '+', '+', '+', '+', '+'};
+int mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_MAX];
 
 /*** file scope macro definitions **************************************/
 
@@ -123,19 +123,13 @@ tty_got_interrupt(void)
 void
 tty_print_one_hline (void)
 {
-    if (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)
-	tty_print_char (mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinhoriz]);
-    else
-	tty_print_alt_char (ACS_HLINE);
+    tty_print_char (mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinhoriz]);
 }
 
 void
 tty_print_one_vline (void)
 {
-    if (ugly_line_drawing || slow_tty)
-	tty_print_char (mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinvert]);
-    else
-	tty_print_alt_char (ACS_VLINE);
+    tty_print_char (mc_tty_ugly_frm[MC_TTY_FRM_thinvert]);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/src/tty/tty.h b/src/tty/tty.h
index 51f411323..1d7fe6910 100644
--- a/src/tty/tty.h
+++ b/src/tty/tty.h
@@ -88,8 +88,11 @@ typedef enum{
     MC_TTY_FRM_righttop,
     MC_TTY_FRM_leftbottom,
     MC_TTY_FRM_rightbottom,
+    MC_TTY_FRM_centertop,
+    MC_TTY_FRM_centerbottom,
     MC_TTY_FRM_leftmiddle,
-    MC_TTY_FRM_rightmiddle
+    MC_TTY_FRM_rightmiddle,
+    MC_TTY_FRM_MAX
 } mc_tty_frm_t;
 
 extern char *tty_tgetstr (const char *name);