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   Digital Man to Waveyuk   
   Changing prompts from green to another c   
   05 Feb 26 16:04:35   
   
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     Re: Changing prompts from green to another colour?   
     By: Waveyuk to All on Thu Feb 05 2026 07:41 pm   
      
    > Hi.   
    > I'm trying to figure out how I can change the prompts from green to another   
    > colour, for example cyan or bright magenta.   
    >   
    > I looked on this page and followed the example by setting up a text.ini file   
    > and as an example, created this line:   
    >   
    > SubLstHdr: "\1-\1cSub-boards of \1h%-60.60s \1n\1cMsgs"\"\r\n\r\n\1h"   
    >   
    > However, when viewing the prompt, it still shows in green.   
      
   That's not a prompt string, that's a listing header (e.g. displayed when using   
   the (J)ump to area command). What prompt are you referring to?   
      
    > I've done the   
    > obvious like logging off, recycling, even restarting the SBBS daemon on the   
    > linux server, but the colours don't change. So I am guessing I'm missing   
    > something obvious. Would appreciate any help or guidance.   
      
   It sounds like you might just be changing the wrong string ID.   
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