Changing console properties

The following describes different features of the Interix terminal window that you can customize and provides links to procedures you can use to customize your window.

Screen colors

You can set the background, foreground, and highlighted text colors.

For more information, see To set screen colors.

Title bars

You can specify the text that is displayed in the title bar of a terminal window.

For more information on how to change the title bar, see Using escape sequences to change the title bar.

Window sizes

You can set the width and height of the terminal window.

For more information on how to change the window size using Windows, see To change the window size. For more information on how to change the window size from within Interix, see Using stty to change the window size.