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Date:      Wed, 29 Oct 2003 05:13:23 -0800 (PST)
From:      Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net>
To:        Pascal Giannakakis <CapM@gmx.net>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Changing colors in shells
Message-ID:  <20031029044709.N1933@d66-183-123-52.bchsia.telus.net>
In-Reply-To: <23741.1067423729@www29.gmx.net>
References:  <23741.1067423729@www29.gmx.net>

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On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Pascal Giannakakis wrote:

> Lo folks,
>
> i would like to change the colors of the shell to FG=green BG=black. I do
> _not_ ask how to change the promt, i rather want to change the default FG BG
> colors, so that with whatever program (be it Konsole, putty, ssh.org, ...) i
> log in via SSH it uses this colors. I am aware of the fact that i can set up
> these colors in the clients itself, however this is not what i want.
>
> Where do i set them up? Thank you!

If you mean the text console:

vidcontrol green black

If you mean in X, you can control it from the command line when launching
an application:

xterm -bg black -fg green

Add this to your .xession file or  check your windowmanager's docs for
setting it in desktop shortcuts.

Cheers,

Viktor



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