On Mon, 02 Aug 2004 02:00:28 +0600
"markel" <markel@metta.lk> wrote:

> I am a just getting started with the learning process of how to use netbsd, 
> so forgive my slowness 
> 
> I'm struggling to read the small text at the shell prompt, is there any way 
> I can change the display of the shell prompt/messages (not in X, yet) Or 
> even change the colors, that would be great! *&_[ ]) 

well, if you're using (t)csh you can change the prompt simply editing the
"prompt" shell variable via set, e.g.:

set prompt="% ".
btw you can find abbreviations such as %m etc. in `man (t)csh`.
about colors, afaik, apart from the bold font you cannot modify the aspect of
the shell.

> I am downloading the pkg_src collection, and the festival voice synth, docs, 
> voices.  Will that read the shell text? (not in X, yet) That would also be 
> very cool. 

it is not clearly explained what you mean, forgive my bad english.
goodbye