From 457a4f8f987179f3364e04352d528da1ef6d78a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: coolreader18 <33094578+coolreader18@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2019 21:39:28 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Update README regarding windows terminal colors --- README.md | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1dfb70a1..36adbf81 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -173,10 +173,11 @@ by pressing CtrlE in micro and typing `set colorscheme simple`. If you are using the default Ubuntu terminal, to enable 256 make sure your `TERM` variable is set to `xterm-256color`. -Many of the Windows terminals don't support more than 16 colors, which means +Many older Windows terminals don't support more than 16 colors, which means that micro's default colorscheme won't look very good. You can either set the colorscheme to `simple`, or download a better terminal emulator, like -mintty. +mintty. However, if you are on a recent version of Windows 10, the default +`cmd.exe` should do fine. ### Plan9, Cygwin