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01-22-2005, 11:06 PM
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Dec 2004
Posts: 19
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Change background color
Hi
How can I change the background color(instead of the normal white color) of my terminal everytime I execute a file to make the contents of the file look more interesting? Do I have to change anything in the settings or add extra lines to the file that I have created?
Thanks!!
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01-22-2005, 11:11 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Moriarty, NM, USA about 100 yards form Rattle Snake Coutry
Distribution: Slackware , Ubuntu
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Which terminal are you using?
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01-22-2005, 11:17 PM
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i'm using a normal terminal, from red hat linux 9, the one we can choose from the GUI, is that what you mean?my file is created with the vi editor..
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01-22-2005, 11:20 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Moriarty, NM, USA about 100 yards form Rattle Snake Coutry
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Are you using Gnome, KDE or.........? There are many different terminal programs.
For example I am using Slackware with Windowmaker and use Aterm for my terminal.
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01-22-2005, 11:30 PM
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I'm using Gnome, i suppose  |
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01-22-2005, 11:39 PM
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: Moriarty, NM, USA about 100 yards form Rattle Snake Coutry
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Ok, so I am assuming you are using gnome-terminal. Open the terminal window and select help; should be a subsection called "Preferences" srcoll through that. There should be two catagories that will interest you colours & effects.
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01-23-2005, 03:17 AM
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Thanks a lot, i've got it done!
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