topic title: Transparacy settings
Posts: 69
Piedie
Joined: 01 May 2008
#1
When using for instance the terminal it is transparent. So when issuing commands like 'man ls' it is difficult to read because of the transparacy. I would like to know how to change the background (of the terminal window) because I could not find how to do it. __{{emoticon}}__
Posts: 1,520
eriefisher
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
#2
I'm not sure you can adjust the transperency of wterm. I think it's on or off or you can set a color or image.

Code: Select all

man wterm
Posts: 452
Jerry
Joined: 12 Sep 2007
#3
As far as I can see, you have two choices:

1) Change the entry in the fluxbox menu to read:

Code: Select all

[exec] (Terminal) {wterm}
This will give you black lettering on a white background.
2) Use roxterm, where the style is highly configurable with pull-down menus. If you like that, then change the terminal entry to read:

Code: Select all

[exec] (Terminal) {roxterm}
Last edited by Jerry on 18 May 2008, 18:04, edited 1 time in total.
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#4
leafpad ~/.fluxbox/menu

and where it says terminal remove the -tr

Or as Jerry says, use roxterm. You may need to install it

apt-get install roxterm
Last edited by anticapitalista on 18 May 2008, 18:05, edited 1 time in total.
Posts: 1,520
eriefisher
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
#5
Roxterm is excellent. very configurable.
Posts: 452
Jerry
Joined: 12 Sep 2007
#6
@anti: oh, OK
Posts: 69
Piedie
Joined: 01 May 2008
#7
anticapitalista wrote:leafpad ~/.fluxbox/menu

and where it says terminal remove the -tr

Or as Jerry says, use roxterm. You may need to install it

apt-get install roxterm
Well, removing the -tr got me to read white letters on a white background __{{emoticon}}__ kind a hard to do. But I guessed changing 'white' to 'black' would help and it did. So this one is solved. Great help guys.
Posts: 1,520
eriefisher
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
#8
HaHa. I guess he forgot about that part. That was for encoded secret messages(invisible ink).
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#9
eriefisher wrote:HaHa. I guess he forgot about that part. That was for encoded secret messages(invisible ink).
You've got me sussed!
Posts: 316
DJiNN
Joined: 26 Oct 2007
#10
There's also xfce4-terminal, which is very easy to configure & does trans very well. Also, Sakura is now available in the repos (lenny - at least) and works very well, nice trans & very light. __{{emoticon}}__
Posts: 69
Piedie
Joined: 01 May 2008
#11
DJiNN wrote:There's also xfce4-terminal, which is very easy to configure & does trans very well. Also, Sakura is now available in the repos (lenny - at least) and works very well, nice trans & very light. __{{emoticon}}__
Thanks DjiNN, but I will stick to what I have now. Just learning the basics and getting around with antiX (and Linux). To early for me to dive into different apps which do basically the same.