You are not logged in.
- Topics: Active | Unanswered
#1 2011-12-27 17:09:49
- FernandoBasso
- Member
- From: Brazil
- Registered: 2010-10-27
- Posts: 101
- Website
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
Last edited by FernandoBasso (2011-12-27 18:20:44)
There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
Offline
#2 2011-12-27 17:24:38
- karol
- Archivist
- Registered: 2009-05-06
- Posts: 25,440
Re: Understanding Xdefault terminal colors (SOLVED)
Offline
#3 2011-12-27 17:25:55
- Trilby
- Inspector Parrot
- Registered: 2011-11-29
- Posts: 30,340
- Website
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.
Last edited by Trilby (2011-12-27 17:26:55)
"UNIX is simple and coherent" - Dennis Ritchie; "GNU's Not Unix" - Richard Stallman
Online
#4 2011-12-27 17:37:17
- FernandoBasso
- Member
- From: Brazil
- Registered: 2010-10-27
- Posts: 101
- Website
Re: Understanding Xdefault terminal colors (SOLVED)
Have you read
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xr … nal_colors
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?
Last edited by FernandoBasso (2011-12-27 17:53:04)
There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
Offline
#5 2011-12-27 18:14:50
- Trilby
- Inspector Parrot
- Registered: 2011-11-29
- Posts: 30,340
- Website
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.
"UNIX is simple and coherent" - Dennis Ritchie; "GNU's Not Unix" - Richard Stallman
Online
#6 2011-12-27 18:20:07
- FernandoBasso
- Member
- From: Brazil
- Registered: 2010-10-27
- Posts: 101
- Website
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.
That makes sense. Thanks. (SOLVED).
Last edited by FernandoBasso (2011-12-27 18:20:26)
There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.
Offline