Barry, I think I misunderstood you last time. There are indeed color-changing sequences in the prompt you've got (it originates in /etc/profile, by the way). But when I use that prompt, the color change is restricted to the prompt itself.
Randall Schulz Mountain View, CA USA At 13:49 2002-03-06, Barry Goldstein wrote: >I should have thought of that, but having done it, it doesn't stick -- the >next prompt restores the dim light-green-on-black. > >So I think it's my prompt that is 'insisting' on the dimness. > >The prompt strings are >PS1=$'\\[\\033]0;\\w\\007\n\\033[32m\\]\\u@\\h \\[\\033[33m\\w\\033[0m\\]\n$ ' >PS2='> ' >PS4='+ ' > >I'm not sure where to re-set these or what they should be -- I'll go and >read the man bash pages. All I want is the current directory followed by >the usual'>'. > >BG -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Bug reporting: http://cygwin.com/bugs.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
