| Re: change colors of IDL shell on OS X? [message #53051] |
Fri, 16 March 2007 14:45 |
swingnut
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On Mar 15, 10:32 pm, Christopher Thom <c...@oddjob.uchicago.edu>
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> Quoth mgal...@gmail.com:
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>> On Mar 15, 10:29 am, swing...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Actually, I've already tweaked my terminal quite a bit. But that's
>>> terminal. IDL spawns a different X11 terminal, then spawns its own
>>> terminal window. But perhaps it inherits the X11 terminals properties,
>>> which should be tweakable ... I'll have to investigate!
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>> No need to use the xterm that X11 will launch by default (you can stop
>> it from launching by editing /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc). Just use
>> Terminal (or even better, iTerm).
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> I would second the iTerm recommendation. Or better yet...IDLWAVE under
> emacs. Not only do you get to tweak your colours, but nice syntax
> highlighting (etc etc) too.
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> cheers
> chris
That would indeed be very tempting. Except, well, ewwww -- Emacs.
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| Re: change colors of IDL shell on OS X? [message #53067 is a reply to message #53051] |
Thu, 15 March 2007 20:32  |
Christopher Thom
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Quoth mgalloy@gmail.com:
> On Mar 15, 10:29 am, swing...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Actually, I've already tweaked my terminal quite a bit. But that's
>> terminal. IDL spawns a different X11 terminal, then spawns its own
>> terminal window. But perhaps it inherits the X11 terminals properties,
>> which should be tweakable ... I'll have to investigate!
>
> No need to use the xterm that X11 will launch by default (you can stop
> it from launching by editing /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc). Just use
> Terminal (or even better, iTerm).
I would second the iTerm recommendation. Or better yet...IDLWAVE under
emacs. Not only do you get to tweak your colours, but nice syntax
highlighting (etc etc) too.
cheers
chris
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| Re: change colors of IDL shell on OS X? [message #53070 is a reply to message #53067] |
Thu, 15 March 2007 11:58 |
Michael Galloy
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On Mar 15, 10:29 am, swing...@gmail.com wrote:
> Actually, I've already tweaked my terminal quite a bit. But that's
> terminal. IDL spawns a different X11 terminal, then spawns its own
> terminal window. But perhaps it inherits the X11 terminals properties,
> which should be tweakable ... I'll have to investigate!
No need to use the xterm that X11 will launch by default (you can stop
it from launching by editing /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc). Just use
Terminal (or even better, iTerm).
-Mike
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| Re: change colors of IDL shell on OS X? [message #53073 is a reply to message #53071] |
Thu, 15 March 2007 11:05 |
Michael Galloy
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On Mar 15, 10:29 am, swing...@gmail.com wrote:
> Actually, I've already tweaked my terminal quite a bit. But that's
> terminal. IDL spawns a different X11 terminal, then spawns its own
> terminal window. But perhaps it inherits the X11 terminals properties,
> which should be tweakable ... I'll have to investigate!
No need to use the xterm that X11 will launch by default (you can stop
it from launching by editing /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc). Just use
Terminal (or even better, iTerm).
-Mike
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| Re: change colors of IDL shell on OS X? [message #53074 is a reply to message #53073] |
Thu, 15 March 2007 09:29 |
swingnut
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On Mar 15, 11:07 am, "Maarten" <maarten.sn...@knmi.nl> wrote:
> On Mar 15, 3:33 pm, swing...@gmail.com wrote:
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>> On Mar 15, 10:31 am, swing...@gmail.com wrote:
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>>> Does anyone know how to do this? This white on black business, less
>>> than fun, even with the LCD's brightness turned down...
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>>> Thanks.
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>> By which, of course, I mean, exactly the opposite of what I put. I
>> have black text on a white background, and I want the ability to set
>> light-colored text on dark background, though not necessarily white
>> text on black background if I can avoid it.
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> Since the shell just runs in a standard xterm, you can just google for
> that. I did, and thishttp://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-739.ht ml
> may be helpful to you.
>
> Maarten
Actually, I've already tweaked my terminal quite a bit. But that's
terminal. IDL spawns a different X11 terminal, then spawns its own
terminal window. But perhaps it inherits the X11 terminals properties,
which should be tweakable ... I'll have to investigate!
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| Re: change colors of IDL shell on OS X? [message #53075 is a reply to message #53074] |
Thu, 15 March 2007 09:07 |
Maarten[1]
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On Mar 15, 3:33 pm, swing...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 15, 10:31 am, swing...@gmail.com wrote:
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>> Does anyone know how to do this? This white on black business, less
>> than fun, even with the LCD's brightness turned down...
>
>> Thanks.
>
> By which, of course, I mean, exactly the opposite of what I put. I
> have black text on a white background, and I want the ability to set
> light-colored text on dark background, though not necessarily white
> text on black background if I can avoid it.
Since the shell just runs in a standard xterm, you can just google for
that. I did, and this http://forums.macosxhints.com/archive/index.php/t-739.html
may be helpful to you.
Maarten
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| Re: change colors of IDL shell on OS X? [message #53078 is a reply to message #53075] |
Thu, 15 March 2007 08:33 |
swingnut
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On Mar 15, 10:31 am, swing...@gmail.com wrote:
> Does anyone know how to do this? This white on black business, less
> than fun, even with the LCD's brightness turned down...
>
> Thanks.
By which, of course, I mean, exactly the opposite of what I put. I
have black text on a white background, and I want the ability to set
light-colored text on dark background, though not necessarily white
text on black background if I can avoid it.
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