Configure GNU Screen's colors?

Question

GNU Screen gives my bash prompt nice colors, though the dark blue is hard to read on a black background. I can change the ls colors using /etc/DIR_COLORS but the bash prompt in screen doesn't get affected by this.

Is there any way I can modify the colors used by screen?

Answer 1

You could change the colors of the prompt from your bashrc. Mine is configured thus:

#/usr/bashrc
if [ "$color_prompt" = yes ]; then
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\033[01;32m\]\u@\h\[\033[00m\]:\     [\033[01;34m\]\w\[\033[00m\]\$ '
else
    PS1='${debian_chroot:+($debian_chroot)}\[\e[1;34m\]\u \[\e[4;33m\]/-\\\[\e[0m\] \ [\e[1;32m\]-> \w\[\e[0m\]: ' 
fi
unset color_prompt force_color_prompt

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