prompt colors in xterm

Robert Jacobson teridon@erols.com
Tue Apr 3 03:37:00 GMT 2001


Ok, now I'm going crazy.  I use the same .Xdefaults file at home in FreeBSD 
(XF86 4), and the xterm colors work fine.

Why would the defaults act different with cygwin/xfree?

At 04:12 PM 4/2/01 -0400, Robert Jacobson wrote:

>I have solved my problem, and yes, it was me.  *smacks own forehead*
>
>I had the following in my .Xdefaults:
>#ifdef COLOR
>*customization:                 -color
>*Background:                    white
>*Foreground:                    black
>*highlightColor:                black
>[other stuff]
>#endif
>
>I commented out and it now works.
>
>Thanks for your help -- I apologize for wasting your time on something so 
>silly.
>--
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>Robert Jacobson                        teridon@erols.com
>BS, Aeronautical Engineering  Univ. of Md., College Park
>Flight Ops. Team - SOlar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)

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Robert Jacobson                        teridon@erols.com
BS, Aeronautical Engineering  Univ. of Md., College Park
Flight Ops. Team - SOlar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)



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