> From: Frank Slootweg
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 11:20 AM
> Hannu E K Nevalainen wrote:
> > > From: [deleted] On Behalf Of Frank Slootweg
> >
> > FWIW:
> >
> > $ cat ~/.Xdefaults
> > # XTerm == rxvt as rxvt simulates xterm
> >
> > rxvt.background: black
> > rxvt.foreground: grey
> > rxvt.visualBell: true
> >
> > ... I know these things get explained in some man/info-page that I
> > currently am too lazy to look up. (man/info rxvt?)
>
> Note that I am *not* using an X terminal (emulator), but a "Command
> Prompt" 'DOS' window. AFAIK, the X settings do not apply in that case.
> Anyway, I do not even have a .Xdefaults file (anywhere) and my
> background is white, not black.
I suppose they don't apply to the DOS console. BUT: Are you aware that the
rxvt terminal runs just fine without starting the X stuff?
I do consider this be the best way to run cygwin-bash. If you do this, then
the .Xdefaults file -does- apply.
Later you write:
> Is there a place where all these (I assume ANSI) escape sequences
> for colors are listed? When I have that information, I can probably
> untic an existing terminfo entry, modify it and tic it back to
> another name and use that.
That would probably be some kind of "ANSI" or possibly "VT100"(a bit unsure
there) - most of these escape sequences are the same in the old AmigaDOS
CON: and RAW: devices -- Ehrm, if that helps :-D .
/Hannu E K Nevalainen, B.Sc. EE - 59+16.37'N, 17+12.60'E
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