Cygwin xterm The default xterm in Cygwin looks pretty primitive, so I added a ~/.Xresources file to make them look better. It contains something like: XTerm*font: -*-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* XTerm*background: black XTerm*foreground: lightYellow XTerm*scrollBar: true XTerm*rightScrollBar: true XTerm*saveLines: 1000 XTerm*scrollbar*Foreground: Gray30 XTerm*scrollbar*Background: Gray75 # posted by Hanson Char @ 1:49 PM Comments: Thanks. I am using your config now. # posted by Blogger JatMan : 8:50 AM Don't forget to: xrdb -merge .Xresources