Re: User-defined colors in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm
Thomas Wolff via Cygwin <[email protected]>
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Am 01.03.2026 um 09:35 schrieb Fergus Daly via Cygwin: > Thanks so much for both responses. Utterly informative and helpful. > 1 Have recovered and placed default /etc/X11/app-defaults/Xterm > 2 Have commented out all lines beginning "echo -n $'\e]4; .. .." in /etc/bash.bashrc There is nothing wrong with setting colours also in the shell, particularly if you vary them. I use \e]10;... and \e]11;... in $PS1 with different background colours to indicate which remote system I'm logged in to. > 3 Have so far not attempted any of ~/.X* or ~/X* or setting LS_COLORS > So for the first time for decades (maybe, since ever) will try defaults in all of bash, mintty, xterm and work from there. > (I might even like them.) (Probably not - many too pale .. ..) > Thanks again for long and sympathetic responses. > > -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple