# Cygwin Color

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cygwin-color/1190>\
**Category:** The Garage\
**Created:** [May 12, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cygwin-color/1190 "2013-05-12T21:45:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2013, 9:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cygwin-color/1190/1 "2013-05-12T21:45:41Z")

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In case anybody hasn’t noticed Cygwin uses different colors then many other terminals. Well after a little bit of work I figured out how to change them, and decided to post a short tutorial here for anybody who want to do the same.

How to change the color scheme:  
1)Open up your cygwin/home/_your username_/ folder. This is wherever your version of cataclysm is installed  
2)Open the “.minttyrc” file with a editor. I suggest [Notepad++](http://notepad-plus-plus.org/) if you don’t already have one. If this file doesn’t exist do the spoilered steps below.

2a)Open up the Cygwin terminal  
2b)Click on the Cygwin picture in the top left corner of the window  
2c)Options  
2d)Change any option you want and save. This should create the .minttyrc file previously mentioned  
2e)Quit the Cygwin terminal  
3)Paste this at the bottom of the .minttyrc file:

`Black=0,0,0
BoldBlack=99,99,99
Red=255,0,0
BoldRed=255,0,240
Green=0,110,0
BoldGreen=0,255,0
Yellow=92,51,23
BoldYellow=255,255,0
Blue=0,0,200
BoldBlue=100,100,255
Magenta=255,150,150
BoldMagenta=255,0,240
Cyan=0,150,180
BoldCyan=0,240,255
White=150,150,150
BoldWhite=255,255,255`  
4)You’re done! Open Cataclysm and your colors should be the same as normal.

Edit: A few of my colors were off due to a misread of cataclysm’s BGR vs cygwins RGB, should be fixed now.

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**Author:** ![i2amroy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/i2amroy/32/909_2.png) [@i2amroy](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/i2amroy)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 7:18am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cygwin-color/1190/2 "2013-05-13T07:18:10Z")

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Updated OP with tutorial.

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**Author:** ![krAbhandz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@krAbhandz](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/krAbhandz)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cygwin-color/1190/3 "2013-05-13T17:55:07Z")

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Thanks, that was my biggest hurdle with Cygwin.

When I’m compiling, my executable file is usually around 65 megs in size, and my target folder looks nothing like how everyone else’s versions are packaged.

I’m using the wiki’s instructions, which are

git clone git://github.com/TheDarklingWolf/Cataclysm-DDA.git

cd Cataclysm-DDA

make

I’ve got .cpp files all over the place, the make file is still in the target directory. Are the versions I’m seeing manually cleaned? How come the release executable is a 1/6th of my size?

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**Author:** ![The\_Darkling\_Wolf](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/the_darkling_wolf/32/828_2.png) [@The\_Darkling\_Wolf](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/The_Darkling_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [May 13, 2013, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/cygwin-color/1190/4 "2013-05-13T17:57:49Z")

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When packaging for windows I pull the executable out and include only the data and codedoc folders, and when building I optimize code for size. No idea how to do that in a \*nix environment though.