X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,KHOP_RCVD_TRUST,KHOP_THREADED,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,RCVD_IN_HOSTKARMA_YE X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:10:52 +0100 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Change dark blue terminal colour From: Andy Koppe To: cygwin@cygwin.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On 20 April 2012 18:26, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Hello all, I am a new Cygwin user. I have been looking online for a > way to change the default ANSI BLUE to CYAN, as it is very difficult > to see on the black terminal background. However, all I have been able > to find were suggestions to use Putty's terminal or Console 2 instead > of Cygwin's terminal. Is there no way to make this change in Cygwin's > terminal? Assuming you're using Cygwin's default terminal, stick this into ~/.minttyrc: Blue=0,0,191 And in case you want to change bold blue as well: BoldBlue=64,64,255 Adjust the RGB values as desired. The values shown are the default ones. Andy -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple