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Re: Background-color of bash


On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 03:45 -0400, -Patrick wrote:
> This may seem trivial to some, but at least to me it affects
> productivity. I would like to know how I can change the background-color
> of the X- bash shell. So when I do 'startx' at the cygwin shell, I get
> the X terminal, which leads to programs like ddd, emacs etc. etc. This
> terminal's background is default to the color white. How do I change
> this? Further, I would like to change the colors of directories and
> executables for easier identification.
> 
> I apologize if this seems like a ridiculous request, but this type of
> stuff affects the speed in which I can be productive; recognizing easy
> to spot files and multitasking in general, etc etc.
> 
> Thank you and take care,
> -Patrick
> 
> 
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