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ZEORGE MADE IT BEST :) HEHE
Authored by: zeorge on Aug 27, '04 02:18:42PM
use this script from your .tcshrc or .bashrc it does not use apple script so its 1000 times faster. you can setup a color list - random colors are chosen. save it als ~/.setcolor.pl for example, and dont forget to chmod +x ~/.setcolor.pl. #!/usr/bin/perl # zeorge 08-2004 - terminal BG color changer - works with panther 10.3.5 # Colors to choose from, in R G B @color_table = ( "0.200 0.000 0.000","0.000 0.200 0.000","0.000 0.000 0.200" ); $opaqueness = "0.95"; #defaults read com.apple.terminal TextColors @text_colors = split " ",`defaults read com.apple.terminal TextColors`; # Randomly select a Color $index = int( rand( scalar( @color_table ) ) ); @colors = split " ", @color_table[$index]; # set selected color in TextColors array # pos 1 and 4 of TextColors = background color $pos = 1 ; @text_colors[$pos*3] = @colors[0]; @text_colors[$pos*3+1] = @colors[1]; @text_colors[$pos*3+2] = @colors[2]; $pos = 4 ; @text_colors[$pos*3] = @colors[0]; @text_colors[$pos*3+1] = @colors[1]; @text_colors[$pos*3+2] = @colors[2]; # ( pos 0 and 4 of TextColors = text color # pos 2 and 3 of TextColors = text bold color # pos 6 of TextColors = selection color # pos 7 of TextColors = cursor color ) # Set the new background color via the 'defaults' command system("defaults","write","com.apple.terminal","TextColors","@text_colors"); system("defaults","write","com.apple.terminal","TerminalOpaqueness","$opaqueness");

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