X-Recipient: archive-cygwin@delorie.com X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.8 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,TW_GT,TW_TF X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <4F919E22.3060600@cygwin.com> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 22:31:11 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Change dark blue terminal colour From: Dotan Cohen 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 Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:32, Andrew DeFaria <> wrote: > As with most problems, properly defining the problem clearly is usually the > first step to finding the solution. From what I read you were using mintty > (it's amazing how many people run things yet don't have a clue what program > they are actually running!) not xterm so looking up xterm would not have > helped you anyway. IOW instead of man xterm you should have done man mintty > or you could have googled "mintty blue", which, as it turns out, would have > sent you here: > https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=mintty+blue&oq=mintty+blue&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=hp.3...179340.182777.1.182856.20.16.0.0.0.2.140.1294.7j6.15.0.H3o5QR2XF8w&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=f418c571f2743226 > > and the first click would have directly addressed the issue you were having. > Thank you. I am still not sure how to tell which terminal one is using. How does one tell if $TERM is not the place? You are right, had I known that then many bits could have been spared transversing the intercords. > And no, lmgtfy was not used in a cynical sense at all - it was used in a > mocking sense! ;-) > I see. I can deal with mockery! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- 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