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Re: PS1 and color of cygwin screen



--- "J. David Boyd" <dave@tsc-corp.com> wrote:
> I mean that I am running light grey characters on a black background (The
> ms-dos prompt default in win98), and it is too hard on the eyes, with not
> enough contrast.  I want to use a white background with black letters.
> 
> I'll look in the man page for bash again, I must have missed it before.
> 
> Thanks for the info!
> 

Right mouse click on the Cygwin icon on your desktop.  Choose properties. 
Select the colors tab.  Change the colors.  Save the changes.  Double click the
Cygwin Icon.

Cheers,

=====
Earnie Boyd
mailto:earnie_boyd@yahoo.com

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