Chris Bannister writes: > This is in a tty, so don't know what will happen in an xterm or other > virtual terminal.
The virtual terminals usually honour ANSI escape sequences. For sure xterm, the rxvt family and the libvte-based ones do. But with virtual terminals you can do something like having a different background and foreground color (red on black is standard in my family). -- /\ ___ Ubuntu: ancient /___/\_|_|\_|__|___Gian Uberto Lauri_____ African word //--\| | \| | Integralista GNUslamico meaning "I can \/ coltivatore diretto di software not install giĆ sistemista a tempo (altrui) perso... Debian" Warning: gnome-config-daemon considered more dangerous than GOTO -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/21160.25838.10788.698...@mail.eng.it