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Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:39:00 +0100
From: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@...hat.com>
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Subject: Re: [F.A.Q.] the advantages of a shared tool/kernel Git repository,
tools/perf/ and tools/kvm/
Hi,
>>> As far I know it is pretty much impossible to figure the
>>> foreground/background colors of the terminal you are running on. You
>>
>> Glad to hear that, I thought I hadn't researched that much (I did). Hope
>> somebody appears and tell us how it is done :-)
>
> In xterm, '\e]10;?\e\\' and '\e]11;?\e\\' will report the colors, e.g.:
>
> #!/bin/bash
> read -s -r -d \\ -p `printf '\e]10;?\e\\'` -t 1 fg
> [ $? -ne 0 ] && fg="no response"
> echo "foreground: $fg" | cat -v
> read -s -r -d \\ -p `printf '\e]11;?\e\\'` -t 1 bg
> [ $? -ne 0 ] && bg="no response"
> echo "background: $bg" | cat -v
Works fine in xterm. Neither gnome-terminal (i.e. vte widget) nor
konsole support this though.
cheers,
Gerd
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