diff --git a/src/mu-config.c b/src/mu-config.c
index cbd08b7d..cdd50d55 100644
--- a/src/mu-config.c
+++ b/src/mu-config.c
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 /* -*-mode: c; tab-width: 8; indent-tabs-mode: t; c-basic-offset: 8 -*-*/
-
 /*
 ** Copyright (C) 2008-2011 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb@djcbsoftware.nl>
 **
@@ -43,6 +42,9 @@ set_group_mu_defaults (MuConfig *opts)
 		g_free(opts->muhome);
 		opts->muhome = exp;
 	}
+
+	if (g_getenv (MU_COLORS) != NULL)
+		opts->color = TRUE;
 }
 
 static GOptionGroup*
@@ -60,6 +62,9 @@ config_options_group_mu (MuConfig *opts)
 		 "specify an alternative mu directory", NULL},
 		{"log-stderr", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->log_stderr,
 		 "log to standard error (false)", NULL},
+		{"color", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->color,
+		 "use ANSI-colors in some output (false)", NULL},
+		
 		{G_OPTION_REMAINING, 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY,
 		 &opts->params, "parameters", NULL},
 		{NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL}
@@ -136,11 +141,6 @@ set_group_find_defaults (MuConfig *opts)
 		else
 			g_free(old);
 	}
-
-		
-	/* FIXME: some warning when summary_len < 0? */
-	if (opts->summary_len < 1)
-		opts->summary_len = 0;
 }
 
 static GOptionGroup*
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ config_options_group_find (MuConfig *opts)
 		 "use a bookmarked query", NULL},
 		{"descending", 'z', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->descending,
 		 "sort in descending order (z -> a)", NULL},
-		{"summary-len", 'k', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &opts->summary_len,
-		 "max number of lines for summary (0)", NULL},
+		{"summary", 'k', 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->summary,
+		 "include a short summary of the message (false)", NULL},
 		{"linksdir", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING, &opts->linksdir,
 		 "output as symbolic links to a target maildir", NULL},
 		{"clearlinks", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->clearlinks,
@@ -224,9 +224,27 @@ config_options_group_cfind (MuConfig *opts)
 }
 
 
+static GOptionGroup *
+config_options_group_view (MuConfig *opts)
+{
+	GOptionGroup *og;
+	GOptionEntry entries[] = {
+		{"summary", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &opts->summary,
+		 "only show a short summary of the message (false)", NULL},
+		{NULL, 0, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL}
+	};
+		
+	og = g_option_group_new("cfind", "options for the 'cfind' command",
+				"", NULL, NULL);
+	g_option_group_add_entries(og, entries);
+
+	return og;
+}
+
+
 
 static GOptionGroup*
-config_options_group_extract(MuConfig *opts)
+config_options_group_extract (MuConfig *opts)
 {
 	GOptionGroup *og;
 	GOptionEntry entries[] = {
@@ -321,6 +339,9 @@ add_context_group (GOptionContext *context, MuConfig *opts)
 	case MU_CONFIG_CMD_CFIND:
 		group = config_options_group_cfind (opts);
 		break;
+	case MU_CONFIG_CMD_VIEW:
+		group = config_options_group_view (opts);
+		break;
 	default: break;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/mu-config.h b/src/mu-config.h
index 49167cdd..92dee45e 100644
--- a/src/mu-config.h
+++ b/src/mu-config.h
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@
 
 G_BEGIN_DECLS
 
+/* env var; if non-empty, color are enabled for some commands */
+#define MU_COLORS "MU_COLORS"
+
 /* output formats for 'mu find' */
 #define MU_CONFIG_FORMAT_PLAIN	"plain"    /* plain text output */
 #define MU_CONFIG_FORMAT_LINKS	"links"    /* output as symlinks */
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ struct _MuConfig {
 	gboolean	version;	/* request mu version */
 	gboolean	log_stderr;	/* log to stderr (not logfile) */
 	gchar**	        params;		/* parameters (for querying) */
+	gboolean        color;          /* use ansi-colors in some output */
 	
 	/* options for indexing */
 	char	        *maildir;	/* where the mails are */
@@ -90,11 +94,11 @@ struct _MuConfig {
 					 * default */
 	int		max_msg_size;   /* maximum size for message files */
 	
-	/* options for querying  */
+	/* options for querying  (and view-> 'summary') */
 	char		*fields;	/* fields to show in output */	
 	char	        *sortfield;	/* field to sort by (string) */
 	gboolean	 descending;	/* sort descending? */
-	unsigned	 summary_len;	/* max # of lines of msg in summary */
+	gboolean	 summary;	/* include a summary? */
 	char            *bookmark;	/* use bookmark */
 	char		*formatstr;     /* output type
 					 * (plain,links,xml,json,sexp) */