Changing options from command line

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I would like to have different background colours depending on my host 
computer. Unfortunately, unless I am mistaken, mintty only allows changing of 
the 16 ANSI colours from the command line (using escape sequences.) Can a 
similar method be implemented to also change the background colour? (And 
eventually the other options as well.)

Thank you!

Original issue reported on code.google.com by Geoffrey...@gmail.com on 26 Jul 2010 at 4:28

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The xterm sequence for this is supported, e.g.:

echo -ne '\e]11;#400040\a'

Replace 11 with 10 for the foreground and 12 for the cursor. And the sequence 
for changing the ANSI colours can also change the rest of the 256 colour 
palette.

See also http://invisible-island.net/xterm/ctlseqs/ctlseqs.html

Original comment by andy.koppe on 26 Jul 2010 at 5:33

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Any way to use this when using ksh? (pdksh.exe)

It worked with bash, but not with ksh, maybe is just as easy as using a 
different flag in echo, but I don't know.

Thanks

Original comment by onyx...@gmail.com on 24 May 2011 at 3:17

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Nevermind. Found the way using a simple sh script.

Thanks anyways

Original comment by onyx...@gmail.com on 24 May 2011 at 3:58

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That sounds like unnecessary overhead. Try replacing the \e with \033, because 
I think the \e is a GNU extension not supported by ksh.

Original comment by andy.koppe on 24 May 2011 at 7:48