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Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 22:13:48 -0600
From: Jerome Benoit <JGMBenoit AT Wanadoo DOT fr>
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To: "Fulford, Glenn" <FulfordG AT agresearch DOT cri DOT nz>
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Subject: Re: new user: how to get white background
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Have a look in archive to

PS1 and Window Title: in particular the stuff from

Thomas DOT Wolff AT icn DOT siemens DOT de


"Fulford, Glenn" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have just installed cygwin. The default for the bash shell is to have
> white text on a black background.
> 
> Can anyone tell me how to reverse this: black on white background?
> (I'm not an experienced Unix user, I mainly installed cygwin to have the
> free C++ and fortran compilers on Windows
> However, I did a search on the archive, which suggests it has something to
> do with the termcap file, but I didn't understand what I had top change,
> assuming that is correct.)
> 
> Thanks,  Glenn.
> 
> Dr Glenn Fulford,  Email:  fulfordg AT agresearch DOT cri DOT nz
> AgResearch, Wallaceville Animal Research Centre.
> PO Box 40063, Upper Hutt, NZ
> WEB:            http://www.ma.adfa.edu.au      Phone: +64 4 922 1536
> Home email: Glenn DOT Fulford AT paradise DOT net DOT nz  Fax:     +64 4 922 1380
> 
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