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RE: prompt colors in xterm



The answer is I do not know, but I would say I cannot read
black forgoround with black highlightColor.

Suhaib

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Jacobson [mailto:teridon@erols.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 6:37 AM
> To: Suhaib Siddiqi; cygwin-xfree@sourceware.cygnus.com
> Subject: RE: prompt colors in xterm
> 
> 
> 
> Ok, now I'm going crazy.  I use the same .Xdefaults file at 
> home in FreeBSD 
> (XF86 4), and the xterm colors work fine.
> 
> Why would the defaults act different with cygwin/xfree?
> 
> At 04:12 PM 4/2/01 -0400, Robert Jacobson wrote:
> 
> >I have solved my problem, and yes, it was me.  *smacks own forehead*
> >
> >I had the following in my .Xdefaults:
> >#ifdef COLOR
> >*customization:                 -color
> >*Background:                    white
> >*Foreground:                    black
> >*highlightColor:                black
> >[other stuff]
> >#endif
> >
> >I commented out and it now works.
> >
> >Thanks for your help -- I apologize for wasting your time on 
> something so 
> >silly.
> >--
> >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> >Robert Jacobson                        teridon@erols.com
> >BS, Aeronautical Engineering  Univ. of Md., College Park
> >Flight Ops. Team - SOlar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
> 
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Robert Jacobson                        teridon@erols.com
> BS, Aeronautical Engineering  Univ. of Md., College Park
> Flight Ops. Team - SOlar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)
> 


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