kewl, pls :)
so, still to fix:
mouse scroll wheel
fonts
tweak of the PS1 thing.... :( at the mo PS1="[\\u@\\h:\\w]\\$ " looks right, exceps that it shows the entire path rather than the directory it shows (eg) [root@gentoo:/usr/src]# but i would prefer [root@gentoo:src]# if thats possible...