Terminal Colors [message #1738570] |
Thu, 21 July 2016 00:28 |
Brett Holcomb Messages: 9 Registered: July 2016 |
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I found this post (https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/197463/??SQ=73a83fc7f26dac69ceab696d06e0c1d0&S=181308e9bbf6ce55a026338242160538) relating to changing terminal colors but it says colors are done on the server side.
So I'm confused. Most remote shell terminals, PAC, Remmia, set the window colors on the client side and just connect via SSH and display whatever the server side sends in the client window in the chosen colors so I would think that TM or RSE, or whoever should provide me preference settings.
I've installed (taken from installed Software Details) Remote Systems Explorer along with TM terminal (4.0.0.201603101200) adn the TM control and extensions as well as RSE Terminals UI, Terminal Console View, TM Terminal Control, TM Terminal local, sSH, telnet, Remote API , and Terminal View remote SE add-in. I probably don't need all these as I simply want to show the remote files and ssh to it in a terminal window but I'm new to Eclipse and this is what got installed (I did not install the total package) so if I can delete any let me know ( I don't use Dstore either).
So can I tell RSE/TM that I want black background and green text for foreground?
In Preferences there is no reference to Terminal as mentioned in several posts.
As I said, I may not understand all this. All I want to do is display the file list as My Home does which lets me drag and drop between local and remote and be able to connect to my server with SSH and get a terminal window for CLI work. Do I need to use something else besides RSE or get rid of some of the pieces I have installed? And I want to set my colors <G>.
Thanks.
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Re: Terminal Colors [message #1738690 is a reply to message #1738570] |
Fri, 22 July 2016 09:48 |
Martin Oberhuber Messages: 1007 Registered: July 2009 |
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Hi Brett,
When you just need simple command interaction with your remote host, you may want to try the RSE's "Remote Shell" view. In the Remote Systems View, create an SSH connection to your host. Then, under the "SSH Shells" subsystem right-click > Launch Shell. You can change colors for this view in Preferences > General > Appearance > Colors and Fonts > Remote System Explorer > Remote Shell View.
The remote shell view is a bit slower than the Terminal, and it doesn't support cursor control (so you couldn't run an editor in your remote shell for example). But for you, it might be just what you need.
For cursor control, you need a remote terminal. In a Terminal, colors are controlled through ANSI escape sequences by the remote system. With a Linux remote system, you can set your colors through running echo commands on the remote. See here:
http://misc.flogisoft.com/bash/tip_colors_and_formatting
You can also "Invert Colors" in Eclipse, Preferences > Terminal > Invert Colors. For more fine-granular default color setup like in PuTTY, PAC, Remmia etc, an enhancement request is open but nobody has contributed code for this so far:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=206220
Cheers,
Martin
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