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RE: color depth and colored text in xterms
- To: "'cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com'" <cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Subject: RE: color depth and colored text in xterms
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 12:55:54 -0500
>
> I've just recently installed cygwin-xfree (from the binaries) on a
> W2k Pro box, and I've been very impressed. I think I'll be able to
> use this instead of going out to buy Hummingbird's
> Excrete^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Exceed.
>
> I've already read the threads in the archive about the colors being
> screwy, so I understand that its being worked on. Sorry, I've got
> very meager programming skills, so I can't help. :(
>
> I have two questions.
>
> 1) The colors seem to be okay in 8-bit color. Can someone tell me
> why colors work okay in 8-bit, but not in "deeper" screens?
Because the server code was written for 8-bit cfb. Although it uses
cfb16, cfb24 and cfb32, but those codes are buggy right now.
>
> 2) Colored text in xterms (i.e. colored text in the bash prompt) is
> not working for me. It works fine in the bash cygwin terms, but just
> appears black in the xterms. Did I do something wrong?
You can use bash as your shell for xterm.
Suhaib
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
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> Flight Ops. Team - SOlar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
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