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Change instructions to make more sensible option first.
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mavnn committed Apr 2, 2013
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Expand Up @@ -5,20 +5,9 @@ Based on the solarized color scheme by Ethan Schoonover. See full details at htt
This project can be found at
https://github.com/mavnn/mintty-colors-solarized and is designed to be included as a subtree of https://github.com/altercation/solarized

## Adding to your login scripts

Copy the two files into a directory in your home (for example .solar) and add one of the following lines to your .bashrc file:

source ~/%your directory%/sol.light
or

source ~/%your directory%/sol.dark

Color schemes can be swapped interactively using the same commands.

## Mintty internal defaults

You can also set these as the default in your ~/.minttyrc configuration file. This means that a mintty terminal reset doesnt loose your color settings. Simply append the appropriate file to your mintty config file (~/.minttyrc) and then edit the file and tweak as below:
You can set these as your default ~/.minttyrc configuration file. This means that a mintty terminal reset doesnt loose your color settings. Simply append the appropriate file to your mintty config file (~/.minttyrc) and then edit the file and tweak as below:

cat ./.minttyrc.light >> ~/.minttyrc
or
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CursorColour= ...

as they will be re-specified further down in the appended section.

## Adding to your login scripts

If for any reason you would prefer not to change your config file, you can do the following:

Copy the two files into a directory in your home (for example .solar) and add one of the following lines to your .bashrc file:

source ~/%your directory%/sol.light
or

source ~/%your directory%/sol.dark

Color schemes can be swapped interactively using the same commands.

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