Eterm

Chijtska · 02-15-2002, 10:03 AM

I just installed eterm but from the menu at the top of the terminal for some reason i cant configure fonts and backgrounds... anyone know where i would do this?

Syncrm · 02-15-2002, 12:54 PM

i don't know about eterm, but with aterm you have to pass arguments in while starting the app. the following is the code i use for executing aterm with transparency, transparent scrollbar, reversed text, half shading, and green tinting:

aterm -tr -trsb -rv -sh 50 -tint green

i imagine it would be the same in eterm... or at least similar.

Chijtska · 02-15-2002, 01:06 PM

no that doesnt seem to do anything ... anyone else know how to configure eterm manually?

el_felipe · 02-16-2002, 10:31 AM

ok, try eterm --help and see what it says, normally it should accept args like say: --geometry 100x40 or similar, just read the help and you'll find what you need.

I personally use xterm and gnome-terminal:

1) xterm -geometry 85x35 -fn 8x13

2) gnome-terminal --geometry 80x20 --font=8x13 --transparent

try that!

You can customize your menus so that you can do this with a single click...

el_felipe

Chijtska · 02-18-2002, 07:36 AM

thaks el-felipe! those seem to work well... i kept trying to use the command locate and it just want there... i fig'd id try to install it but i couldnt find it on the mandrake disks... then i found slocate on those disks and installed it... i was able to find the config files for eterm... man these linux directories sometimes can take you on a journey...

thanks for the help

el_felipe · 02-18-2002, 05:28 PM

...yeah,

generally you have all system config files in /etc, and binaries in /bin /usr/bin /sbin and so on but a great number of sys defaults are found in /usr/share. The funny thing is every distro has a different point of view on that, for example Slackware stores GNOME and KDE under /opt and Suse too uses /opt. I think There are fewer differencies between RedHat-like distros and Debian

el_felipe

Chijtska · 02-19-2002, 09:00 AM

yeah i notice /opt has no entries: dirs or otherwise, btw what is /opt for?

el_felipe · 02-19-2002, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Chijtska
yeah i notice /opt has no entries: dirs or otherwise, btw what is /opt for?

/opt stands for /optional, of course

. It isn't always used but, like I said, some distro put KDE (and other "optional" packages) there...

ciao