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I'm using a Git Bash (1.8.3) under Windows 7.

Many of the command line tools come with the text highlighting using ANSI escape codes. However I've noticed the exact interpretation of the colors differs between the platforms.

For instance, on Windows, the red color in reality is a very dark red, which is almost unreadable on a black background. "Real" red (#FF0000) can be achieved by using the escape code for "bold red".

Regarding the Git itself, I can change the highlighting in gitconfig, but there are simply many command line tools with hardcoded ANSI escape codes for dark red.

Is it possible to override the meaning of those codes, so for instance I can change "red" to be "bold red" (or any other color) for all programs run in the terminal?

Or maybe is there some tool that gets data from pipe and changes the colors on the fly?

jakub.g
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Some console replacements support changing the colors along with other features missing with the one that comes with Windows.

One example Console2. Note that behind it is still the same cmd.exe as the normal console window or another command processor if desired. An example of the settings dialog where Yellow has been made to show as blue.

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To setup Git Bash to use it: Git Bash & Console2, Finally! which shows a settings dialog with what worked for them.

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Brian
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If you are using the default Windows console, open the system menu (AltSpace) and select "Properties" (or "Defaults" for all console windows). You will find the color palette customization there.

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grawity
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