





by admin on May.22, 2011, under Hacking, How-To, Software, Tech
Hey Guys,
So I had looked this up a while back, and just recently needed to do this once more on another workstation, so I figured I’d share out how to make your Cygwin terminal look a bit more “linux-ish” by adding some colors! So there’s two things to do, really:
# vi .bash_profile:
alias ls="ls --color=auto"
# vi .vimrc
if &t_Co > 2 || has("gui_running")
syntax on
set hlsearch
endi
That should do it!
Oh, by the way, the “mintty” terminal within Cygwin’s optional install list is a MUCH better terminal than the default “Cygwin” terminal. Use that one.
Nice, thanks for sharing. I’m forced to work on a Win* platform for some of my work, cygwin keeps me sane until I am back working on my linux machine. This makes it more tolerable…
Say brother – thanks for the tip on mintty. i’ve been using cygwin shell for ages and this is a definite step up.