Terminal font colors?

[Bob Goodwin]

Todd Zullinger wrote:
> Bob Goodwin wrote:
>   
>> Not exactly, echo $TERM  responds 'xterm'
>>
>> And it I do 'xterm'  I get a small terminal with black text on white
>> whereas doing 'xfterm4' produces another XFCE terminal such as I
>> have now configured to my liking.  So it appears there is a
>> difference with xfce installed?
>>     
>
> No.  Use whatever terminal you like.  I was just trying to find out
> whether the terminal you use sets the TERM environment variable to
> xterm.  It appears that it does, just as gnome-terminal does.  That is
> important because the bash profile script that sets up colors will
> prefer /etc/DIR_COLORS.xterm over /etc/DIR_COLORS.  And
> /etc/DIR_COLORS.xterm does not use bold colors (that's the primary
> difference between it and /etc/DIR_COLORS).
>
>   
>> Also I don't find a  '~/.dircolors' must I create that?  
>>     
>
> Yes.  I would create it by
>
> $ cp /etc/DIR_COLORS ~/.dircolors
>
> Then, try sourcing the colorls script again:
>
> $ source /etc/profile.d/colorls.sh
>
> And see if that changes the bold colors:
>
> $ ls -A ~/
>
> This is a common change I usually make on my own systems because I
> prefer the bold colors on the black background terminals I use.  I've
> not noticed any problems with this, though presumably there must be
> some, else there'd be no reason for the separate defaults to console
> and xterm type terminals.  As I said before, I thought that this has
> something to do with unicode and font capabilities, but I can't recall
> where I got that idea from.
>
>   
I will try as you suggest.

As an aside I think I can see a difference in the white level of this 
Dell LCD flat panel and the good old CRTs on either side of it.  
Whatever they use for a florescent back light on the LCD is not white 
enough to satisfy me although I must admit it works well enough.  But 
having them side by side, an old worn out 21 inch tube on the left which 
takes five minutes to come up, and a 17 inch on the right which is still 
in fair condition, the CRTs are whiter, sharpness I'm not qualified to 
judge due to my poor eyesight, although I still see well enough to 
function normally.

Bob Goodwin