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RE: color depth and colored text in xterms
- To: cygwin-xfree at sources dot redhat dot com
- Subject: RE: color depth and colored text in xterms
- From: Robert Jacobson <teridon at erols dot com>
- Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 19:06:39 -0500
At 02:18 PM 3/20/01 -0500, Suhaib Siddiqi wrote:
> >
> > Ah, I think you misunderstand me. I *am* using bash in my xterms,
> > but the colored text appears as black.
> >
>
>did you define -fg and -bg colors?
>
>Suhaib
I have a black background, and mostly white text. Part of the prompt is
colored -- I've tried a variety of colors, but none seem to show up as
anything other than black, even in 8-bit color.
I've not tried different fg and bg colors -- mostly because the colors are
weird in deeper screens.
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Robert Jacobson teridon@erols.com
BS, Aeronautical Engineering Univ. of Md., College Park
Flight Ops. Team - SOlar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)