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ghostnote

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Registered: 2024-04-07

Posts: 4

Select random colorscheme for new xfce-terminal instance

Hi.
I've a couple colorschemes saved in .config/xfce/terminal/colorschemes, and I would like to whenever I open a new terminal, a random colorscheme would be selected for that terminal.
I was thinking to do a python script for the job, but I realized that editing manually ~/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xfce4-terminal.xml only works after system's reboot.
Not sure if there's other place where data is saved, because whenever I change anything in Terminal Preferences, I see .xml being updated.

Sorry for my bad english.
I like XFCE btw...

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 11,068

Re: Select random colorscheme for new xfce-terminal instance

Unfortunately, there is no way to do this. If you are using a newer version of xfce4-terminal, the settings are saved to the xfconf database and you can use xfconf-query to change those settings on the fly. However, xfce4-terminal doesn't currently allow for multiple simultaneous colour schemes. The best that you can get is using the "--color-bg" and "--colot-text" parameters when startign xfce4-terminal - perhaps this will be sufficient.

Edit: An enhancement request already exists.

Last edited by ToZ (2024-04-07 09:47:37)

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ghostnote

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Registered: 2024-04-07

Posts: 4

Re: Select random colorscheme for new xfce-terminal instance

Thanks for sharing the xfconf-query.
All I wanted is to be able to update automatically the preset, since I enjoy all presets.
I did a script that changes my terminal preset every hour with cron job by using xfconf-query command.

Cheers!