Using Xterm on Linux is very easy. Useful shortcuts.
How to access various menus in the Xterm terminal emulator.
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An easy way to use text formatting in the bash shell.
How to use tput to set the colors in a bash script or a PS1.
Read MoreHow to switch between buffers in XEmacs and some other tips.
How to open the buffers-menu in Xemacs and also how to set custom colors for the text editor.
Read MoreXterm tips to make this simple terminal emulator even better.
Some very useful tips for setting up the Xterm terminal emulator on Linux or UNIX.
Read MoreHow to print out all available terminal colors. And other useful Linux tricks.
How to best view all available terminal colours This one-liner will print out all available terminal colours for your chosen Linux terminal application. This is very useful for creating a colourful bash prompt and the user wishes to know which colour codes will work and look good in the terminal….
Read MoreHow to color the menu and toolbar areas of Firefox and have them all one color.
This userChrome.css file will colour your Firefox browser toolbars all one colour. userChrome.css1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38…
Read MoreHow the bash shell works in Linux.
If you’ve ever piped the output of one command into the input of the other or joined simple commands together to do complex tasks, then you have a taste for the power of the shell. As you use the shell more and more you’ll discover how powerful it is and…
Read MoreHow to print out bash colors and see how many are available on your chosen terminal.
A color terminal on Linux can print a wide variety of colors. But how many colors can it print? The colortest utility can show this. Install it like this. ┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents] └──╼ ╼ $ sudo apt-get install colortest┌──[[email protected]]─[~/Documents] └──╼ ╼ $ sudo apt-get install colortest Then run it to get a…
Read MoreUseful bash shell prompt with customizable colors that are switchable on the fly.
This bash script will give you a custom bash prompt that has colors that are switchable on the fly. PS1=$( sep=$’\xC2\xBB’ # UTF-8 U+00BB red=$(tput setaf 1) green=$(tput setaf 2) yellow=$(tput setaf 3) blue=$(tput setaf 4) cyan=$(tput setaf 5) bold=$(tput bold) reset=$(tput sgr0) [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]] &&…
Read MoreChange the background color of the terminal in Linux Mint.
To change the background color of the Linux Mint terminal, access the Profile Preferences like this. Then navigate to this tab to change the background color of the terminal window. This way, themes may be chosen, or a custom color may be chosen to set just the color you wish…
Read MoreCool BASH script that I thought I would share. Print out all of the BASH colors.
This is a BASH shell script that will print all of the available colors using the BASH shell. The colors are useful for colorizing your BASH prompt to differentiate it from your shell output. #!/bin/bash # colors.sh – Print out all the different ECMA color-mod combos # # 2008…
Read MoreAnother nice Linux wallpaper.
I hope you also like this wallpaper I created.
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