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RE: prompt colors in xterm
- To: cygwin-xfree at sourceware dot cygnus dot com
- Subject: RE: prompt colors in xterm
- From: Suhaib Siddiqi <ssiddiqi at inspirepharm dot com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 06:58:08 -0400
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)
>