[PLUG] Distinguishing instances of GUI file manager by color

Richard Owlett rowlett at cloud85.net
Thu Sep 27 02:49:53 UTC 2018


I Like it. Will investigate after a good night's sleep and a cup of 
coffee. Thanks.

On 09/26/2018 04:19 PM, Ben Koenig wrote:
> Here is an interesting idea for on-the-fly changes to your filemanager.
> 
> The colors are defined by your desktop theme. If you are using MATE  then
> there is a settings module that defines this.
> 
> However it can be changed on a per-application basis, by running from the
> commandline. Like this for GNOME3:
> 
> GTK_THEME=theme:variant nautilus
> 
> The GTK_THEME variable should override the desktop default when you run the
> filemanager. Other Desktop environments will have other variables for this.
> Themes set the background and foreground colors, so all you need to do is
> install additional themes, and override them when you launch your second
> and third file manager windows. I hope. Haven't actually tried this yet.
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2018 at 11:19 AM Rich Shepard <rshepard at appl-ecosys.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 26 Sep 2018, Richard Owlett wrote:
>>
>>> xterm was relevant. Was only able to set font size on a per-session basis
>>> (didn't find clear instructions on setting it permanently.
>>
>> Richard,
>>
>>     If you look where the command to open a terminal is presented to you add
>> the options on the command line; e.g., '/usr/bin/xterm -fn 16x20' (or
>> whatever size is appropriate for you.) That applies the size to all
>> terminal
>> windows you open, regardless of session.
>>
>>     Of course, your distribution might not work that way.
>>
>> Rich






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