256 colours are not supported in bash on windows

[BartXZX]

Which operating system does the issue occur on?
Windows 10 - WSL

I tried the last compiled build from AppVeyor, but the colors don't seem to be displayed correctly. This is what it looks like:

This is what it looks like on wsltty:

As a side question. I am starting bash by simply typing 'bash' in de cmd prompt that starts. Would this be the proper way?

[zacps]

Thanks for the report!

If you always want to start bash you can use the shell.program config key to start it all of the time.

Downstream issue: rprichard/winpty#108

[BartXZX]

I see that you've been looking into this as well. Thanks for the response!

[zacps]

Migrated to alacritty#1662