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#1 2011-12-27 17:09:49

FernandoBasso
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Understanding Xdefault terminal colors (SOLVED)

I want to understand what does color1, color2, etc mean when configuring xterm in ~/.Xdefaults (or ~/.Xresources). For example, what will color2 display? If I set color2 to be red, what will be red in xterm?

Is there any specific documentation to read about this subject?

Here's my ~/.Xdefaults and ~/.bashrc, just in case...

http://snipt.net/FernandoBasso/xdefaults/
http://snipt.net/FernandoBasso/my-bashrc-dec-26-2011

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#2 2011-12-27 17:24:38

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#3 2011-12-27 17:25:55

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Re: Understanding Xdefault terminal colors (SOLVED)

I don't know about detailed documentation, but you can see this thread for some details.

Edit: deleted redundant info already in Karol's post.

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#4 2011-12-27 17:37:17

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Re: Understanding Xdefault terminal colors (SOLVED)

Yes, I have.

Yes, I have.

I just didn't find anything relating to what each color1, color2, colorN means. The only ones that make sense is XTerm*foreground and XTerm*background. They will affect the text and the background, of course. But what about the others? I set a color I like, but I don't know what will the color be applied to.

For example,  XTerm*color2: red makes my PS1 prompt show red for \d and \t, but I don't see how can I know it will match \d and \t.

PS1='${hr::COLUMNS}\r\n\[\e[1;32m\]\s-\v, \[\e[0;32m\]\h@\u, \d \t \n\$PWD=\[\e[1;34m\]"\w" \[\e[0;32m\] \n\$ \[\e[0;35m\]'

EDIT: Reading this post, and trying the script to show colors (almost at the end of the post),
http://www.bashguru.com/2010/01/shell-c … ripts.html

I see, for example, that changing value of color0 I change the background of the first column shown by the script. But what is the relation?

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#5 2011-12-27 18:14:50

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Re: Understanding Xdefault terminal colors (SOLVED)

Color0 and Color8 set the specific color used for shell color 30 (eg "\e[30m" and "\e[30;1m")
Color1 and Color9 set shell color 31 (eg "\e[31m" and "\3[31;1m")
Color2 and Color10 set shell color 32, etc.


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#6 2011-12-27 18:20:07

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Re: Understanding Xdefault terminal colors (SOLVED)

Trilby wrote:

Color0 and Color8 set the specific color used for shell color 30 (eg "\e[30m" and "\e[30;1m")
Color1 and Color9 set shell color 31 (eg "\e[31m" and "\3[31;1m")
Color2 and Color10 set shell color 32, etc.

That makes sense. Thanks. (SOLVED).

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