color depth and colored text in xterms

[Suhaib Siddiqi]

> 
> I've just recently installed cygwin-xfree (from the binaries) on a 
> W2k Pro box, and I've been very impressed.  I think I'll be able to 
> use this instead of going out to buy Hummingbird's 
> Excrete^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Exceed.
> 
> I've already read the threads in the archive about the colors being 
> screwy, so I understand that its being worked on.  Sorry, I've got 
> very meager programming skills, so I can't help.  :(
> 
> I have two questions.
> 
> 1)  The colors seem to be okay in 8-bit color.  Can someone tell me 
> why colors work okay in 8-bit, but not in "deeper" screens?

Because the server code was written for 8-bit cfb.  Although it uses
cfb16, cfb24 and cfb32, but those codes are buggy right now.

> 
> 2)  Colored text in xterms (i.e. colored text in the bash prompt) is 
> not working for me.  It works fine in the bash cygwin terms, but just 
> appears black in the xterms.  Did I do something wrong?

You can use bash as your shell for xterm.  

Suhaib

> 
> Thanks for your time.
> 
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