Meir Yanovich wrote on Wednesday, December 19, 2007 2:51 PM:: > Hello all > Im new to cygwin and X im using the > cygwin\usr\X11R6\bin\startxwin.bat for simple x display > for using the unix tools in windows and to connect with ssh to unix > accounts > now i like to be able to change the color of the xterm every time I > connect with ssh to remote host > can it be done ? > Thanks
To change the xterm background to pink, use this command: $ echo -e '\e]11;pink\007' To do this automatically when you log in via ssh, add the following to your .bash_profile on the remote host. if [ ! -z "$SSH_TTY" ];then echo -e '\e]11;pink\007';fi To ensure this only happens on interactive shells, change the first part to: if [[ $- == *i* ]] && [ ! -z "$SSH_TTY" ];then ... Read the file /usr/share/doc/xterm-229/ctlseqs.txt for other escape sequences you can use to control xterm. Phil -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/ FAQ: http://x.cygwin.com/docs/faq/