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Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 20:10:52 +0100
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Subject: Re: Change dark blue terminal colour
From: Andy Koppe <andy DOT koppe AT gmail DOT com>
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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

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