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Subject: Re: background color of the command window
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Jean-Pierre Coulon <coulon@cacas.pam.obs-nice.fr> writes:
>> gnuplot> !echo '^[[42;1m'
>>
>> and press return (NB: you have to press Ctrl-V ESC to get the "^["
>> above)
>
> It opens a DOS window for a second and that's all.

never used gnuplot on Windows... if the following destroys your pc I
won't feel responsible

gnuplot> print '^[[42;1m'

(remember the Ctrl-V Esc stuff above)