Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-07-02 Thread Richmond
Siard writes: > On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 22:37 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: >> On 6/22/21 9:23 AM, Siard wrote: >> > In the MATE Terminal settings (Edit > Profile Preferences), >> > tab 'Colors', under 'Palette', set 'Built-in schemes' to 'Custom' >> > and change every color in the color palette to

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-07-02 Thread Siard
On Thu, 1 Jul 2021 22:37 -0700, Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 6/22/21 9:23 AM, Siard wrote: > > In the MATE Terminal settings (Edit > Profile Preferences), > > tab 'Colors', under 'Palette', set 'Built-in schemes' to 'Custom' > > and change every color in the color palette to black. > > > > Here is a

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-07-01 Thread Marc Shapiro
On 6/22/21 9:23 AM, Siard wrote: On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:32:55, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 22 iun 21, 08:14:08, Richard Owlett wrote: I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out colored text. The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful.

RESOLVED: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-24 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/22/2021 08:14 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out colored text. The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. Help please. There is a bug in MATE Terminal 1.16.3 [used in Debian 9] which prevents

At least a partial solution - was [Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal]

2021-06-23 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/23/2021 04:32 AM, Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/22/2021 11:23 AM, Siard wrote: On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:32:55, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 22 iun 21, 08:14:08, Richard Owlett wrote: I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-23 Thread Siard
Richard Owlett: > Siard: > > In the MATE Terminal settings (Edit > Profile Preferences), > > tab 'Colors', under 'Palette', set 'Built-in schemes' to 'Custom' > > and change every color in the color palette to black. > > > > Here is a screenshot: > >

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-23 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/22/2021 11:23 AM, Siard wrote: On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:32:55, Andrei POPESCU wrote: On Ma, 22 iun 21, 08:14:08, Richard Owlett wrote: I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out colored text. The MATE Help screen is NOT

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread David Wright
On Wed 23 Jun 2021 at 03:13:00 (+0800), Bret Busby wrote: > On 23/6/21 2:39 am, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 02:27:04AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > > > On 23/6/21 1:42 am, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > > > There's nothing in .bashrc which controls the terminal's interpretation > > >

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 03:13:00AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > Funnily enough, given what you contend, before I commented out the colouring > in stuff, when running ls -lh, directory names were displayed in blue text, > and, after I commented out the colouring in stuff, running ls -lh, the > output

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread David Wright
On Tue 22 Jun 2021 at 08:35:42 (-0500), Richard Owlett wrote: > On 06/22/2021 08:24 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 08:14:08AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > > > I have vision problems. > > > I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. > > > The program I'm running

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Bret Busby
On 23/6/21 2:39 am, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 02:27:04AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: On 23/6/21 1:42 am, Greg Wooledge wrote: There's nothing in .bashrc which controls the terminal's interpretation of color escape sequences. Or in bash, anywhere. Excerpt from .bashrc file:

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Richmond
Peter Ehlert wrote: > > On 6/22/21 9:17 AM, Richmond wrote: >> Richard Owlett wrote: >>> I have vision problems. >>> I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. >>> The program I'm running gives out colored text. >>> The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. >>> Help please. >>> >>> >> On the menu

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 02:27:04AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > On 23/6/21 1:42 am, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > There's nothing in .bashrc which controls the terminal's interpretation > > of color escape sequences. Or in bash, anywhere. > Excerpt from .bashrc file: > > " > > # set a fancy prompt

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Bret Busby
On 23/6/21 1:42 am, Greg Wooledge wrote: On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 12:27:17AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: And, that also applies, if provision for coloured text is commented out, in the .bashrc file. There's nothing in .bashrc which controls the terminal's interpretation of color escape sequences.

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 12:27:17AM +0800, Bret Busby wrote: > And, that also applies, if provision for coloured text is commented out, in > the .bashrc file. There's nothing in .bashrc which controls the terminal's interpretation of color escape sequences. Or in bash, anywhere. It's entirely

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Bret Busby
On 23/6/21 12:17 am, Richmond wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out colored text. The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. Help please. On the menu bar of mate-terminal, select Edit -> Profile

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Bret Busby
On 22/6/21 11:34 pm, David Wright wrote: Wouldn't it be nice if there were a debian-mate list. Oh, look, there it is! https://lists.debian.org/debian-mate/ Cheers, David. In viewing the published list archive for that list, all of the messages this year, appear to be announce messages

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Peter Ehlert
On 6/22/21 9:17 AM, Richmond wrote: Richard Owlett wrote: I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out colored text. The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. Help please. On the menu bar of mate-terminal, select Edit -> Profile

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Siard
On Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:32:55, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 22 iun 21, 08:14:08, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I have vision problems. > > I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. > > The program I'm running gives out colored text. > > The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. > > Help please. > >

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Richmond
Richard Owlett wrote: > I have vision problems. > I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. > The program I'm running gives out colored text. > The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. > Help please. > > On the menu bar of mate-terminal, select Edit -> Profile Preferences -> Colours Uncheck the

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread David Wright
On Tue 22 Jun 2021 at 17:32:55 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 22 iun 21, 08:14:08, Richard Owlett wrote: > > I have vision problems. > > I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. > > The program I'm running gives out colored text. > > The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. > > Help

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread mick crane
On 2021-06-22 15:32, mick crane wrote: On 2021-06-22 14:55, Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/22/2021 08:47 AM, mick crane wrote: On 2021-06-22 14:14, Richard Owlett wrote: I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out colored text. The

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread IL Ka
One more idea: install xterm (``apt install xterm``) and run it with ``-cm`` $ xterm -cm that means "do not recognize color esc. sequences" Everything is b there

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 22 iun 21, 08:14:08, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have vision problems. > I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. > The program I'm running gives out colored text. > The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. > Help please. This has already been addressed before: you must change the color

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread mick crane
On 2021-06-22 14:55, Richard Owlett wrote: On 06/22/2021 08:47 AM, mick crane wrote: On 2021-06-22 14:14, Richard Owlett wrote: I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out colored text. The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. Help

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Curt
On 2021-06-22, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > Of course, I have no idea what Richard's actual program is, so here's > a half-hearted apology for possibly highjacking a thread. (Note: I'm > in rxvt-unicode, not MATE terminal.) (Sorry.) > It's cht.sh (in local mode), and he's going about things

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread IL Ka
> > > unicorn:~$ sudo TERM=xterm-mono apt update > > Nope. Not that one either. Some apps ignore the number of colors from the terminfo. Their authors believe there are no colorless monitors. Vim and bash works, however $ TERM=xterm-mono vim $ TERM=xterm-mono bash (no color prompt)

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/22/2021 08:47 AM, mick crane wrote: On 2021-06-22 14:14, Richard Owlett wrote: I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out colored text. The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. Help please. Has the monitor got any controls on it

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread mick crane
On 2021-06-22 14:14, Richard Owlett wrote: I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out colored text. The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. Help please. Has the monitor got any controls on it ? mick -- Key ID4BFEBB31

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 04:21:35PM +0300, IL Ka wrote: > try > $ TERM=xterm-mono [your_program] /me tries unicorn:~$ TERM=xterm-mono sudo apt update Nope. No luck there. unicorn:~$ sudo TERM=xterm-mono apt update Nope. Not that one either. If Debian's APT team is trying their very, very

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/22/2021 08:24 AM, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 08:14:08AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out colored text. The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. Help please. Richard,

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Richard Owlett
On 06/22/2021 08:21 AM, IL Ka wrote: try $ TERM=xterm-mono [your_program] didn't work :{ On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 4:14 PM Richard Owlett wrote: I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out colored text. The MATE Help screen is

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 08:14:08AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > I have vision problems. > I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. > The program I'm running gives out colored text. > The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. > Help please. > > Richard, What's the program? For some Xterms,

Re: Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread IL Ka
try $ TERM=xterm-mono [your_program] On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 4:14 PM Richard Owlett wrote: > I have vision problems. > I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. > The program I'm running gives out colored text. > The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. > Help please. > > >

Font color selection in MATE terminal

2021-06-22 Thread Richard Owlett
I have vision problems. I *MUST* have black on white text in all cases. The program I'm running gives out colored text. The MATE Help screen is NOT helpful. Help please.