## page was renamed from Lubuntu/Documentation/LXTerminal/Customising <> ||<>|| = Customising = Once [[http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXTerminal | LXTerminal]] is launched, click on '''Edit''' and select '''Preferences'''<
> It will look something like this: {{http://phillw.net/lxt-1.png | Preferences window default}} In this instance we will change the font color to a shade of yellow. Click on the '''Foreground''' area and it will bring up a screen to select your color. {{http:phillw.net/lxt-2.png | Foreground colorpicker}} Click on '''OK''' to get {{http://phillw.net/lxt-3.png | Preferences window foreground color in yellow}} Click on '''OK''' to see the changes applied {{http://phillw.net/lxt-4.png | LXTerminal with yellow text}} The same can be done for background color, but with the addition of a transparency setting.<
> Just be aware of the default colors that LXTerminal uses for highlighting the differences in file types and directory structures. {{http://phillw.net/lxt-5.png | Preview of default highlighting in LXTerminal}} = Changing Text colors = LXTerminal does not allow for changing the color palette of text. For example, if you need to change the colors in Vim<
> Either change the background color to white, do the following steps: Download the desert256 vim color theme from [[ http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1243 |vim.org/scripts]] place the theme file in ~/.vim/colors (create the directory) After you have downloaded the desert256 file to ~/.vim/colors/desert256.vim add this into ~/.vimrc: {{{ if &term!="xterm" set t_Co=256 " use 256 colors in vim colorscheme desert256 " an appropriate color scheme endif }}} thanks [[ http://blog.credativ.com/en/2010/02/tipp-activating-256-colors-support-in-vim.html |credativ ]] for the tip! == References == * [[http://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXTerminal | LXTerminal on the LXDE wiki]] * [[http://lxde.org/ | LXDE website]] * [[UsingTheTerminal | Using the Terminal]]