What console?

Vodius · 05-15-2005, 04:05 PM

Well, I have been using rxvt and I like it, so I will probably keep using it, but how can I modify what it looks like... But thats not the point of this post, What other ones are out there and which ones are good.

willhollins · 05-15-2005, 04:39 PM

xterm is the standard one that comes with X. If you like something more colourfull then try Eterm which allows you to set the background image.

Vodius · 05-15-2005, 05:16 PM

Ok, well uhh how do I change the colours on rxvt?

detpenguin · 05-15-2005, 05:24 PM

don't know about the background, but you can change the text colors by editing your /etc/DIR_COLORS file...

foo_bar_foo · 05-15-2005, 05:29 PM

make a file in your home directory named .Xresources
mine has this in it (example to get you started)

Code:

rxvt*geometry: 110x40
rxvt*background: #010B45
rxvt*foreground: Wheat
rxvt*cursorColor: Orchid
rxvt*saveLines: 10000
rxvt*font: *fixed-bold-r-*-15-*-*
rxvt*scrollBar_right: True

any command line option you can use with rxvt can go in here
rxvt --help

to read in a new .Xresources for testing (happens automatically on login otherwise)
xrdb .Xresources