On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:32, Andrew DeFaria <> wrote: > As with most problems, properly defining the problem clearly is usually the > first step to finding the solution. From what I read you were using mintty > (it's amazing how many people run things yet don't have a clue what program > they are actually running!) not xterm so looking up xterm would not have > helped you anyway. IOW instead of man xterm you should have done man mintty > or you could have googled "mintty blue", which, as it turns out, would have > sent you here: > https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=mintty+blue&oq=mintty+blue&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=hp.3...179340.182777.1.182856.20.16.0.0.0.2.140.1294.7j6.15.0.H3o5QR2XF8w&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=f418c571f2743226 > <https://www.google.com/#hl=en&sclient=psy-ab&q=mintty+blue&oq=mintty+blue&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&gs_nf=1&gs_l=hp.3...179340.182777.1.182856.20.16.0.0.0.2.140.1294.7j6.15.0.H3o5QR2XF8w&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.,cf.osb&fp=f418c571f2743226> > and the first click would have directly addressed the issue you were having. >
Thank you. I am still not sure how to tell which terminal one is using. How does one tell if $TERM is not the place? You are right, had I known that then many bits could have been spared transversing the intercords. > And no, lmgtfy was not used in a cynical sense at all - it was used in a > mocking sense! ;-) > I see. I can deal with mockery! -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
