Nemo Terminal - option to change font color

[sameerdenzi]

Hi,
Love the Nemo app, The Terminal extension is my default terminal as I hate cd-ing to navigate through folders. I have a request to improve the user experience.

1. Give the user option to change/select the font colors OR
2. At lease change the dark-blue font (used for folder path and folder names) to a more lighter shade for better contrast with the black background. It is currently difficult to read the text because of the low/poor contrast with the background. No issues with the other font colors.

[cplittlfield]

I'm not sure what terminal app you are talking about. The Terminal app on Linux Mint is Gnome-Terminal by default, and it has an option in the preferences for adjust the font colors.

[sameerdenzi]

The Terminal Extension inside NEMO File Manager...
The primary request is to change the dark-blue font (used for folder path and folder names) to a more lighter shade for better contrast with the black background. It is currently difficult to read the text because of the low/poor contrast with the background. No issues with the other font colors.

[100savage]

You can change the font colors for the terminal in the terminal preference app. You should see this in the menu under Administration. If you do not see it there, you would need to right click on the LM menu icon and select configure. On the left side select Administration, then on the left side put a check make on terminal preference. It will now show up in you menu. In that app you can configure your font colors and so much more.

[Secret-chest]

Not the terminal app. The Terminal Nemo (file browser) extension.

[cplittlfield]

Sorry, I can't help you, then. There is no terminal applet I can find to download as an extension to Nemo. It's not among the plugins listed in the Nemo preferences, and there is no Cinnamon applet, desklet, Nemo action, or system extension available for download by that name. (I am using Linux Mint 22.1 Xia).

Where did you find this extension, how did you install it, and how do you activate it from within Nemo?

[sameerdenzi]

I was unable to find any section named "Administration" in the preferences section of Nemo. FYI - Screen shots of the Nemo Terminal Extension as well as its place in the Preferences section   OS is Linix Mint 22.1 Cinnamon Nemo Version is 6.4.4 Command to install Terminal Extension: sudo apt install nemo-terminal

[cplittlfield]

Oh, that's very interesting. I had no idea such a package existed. I tried installing it, and the configuration seems very basic. I would certainly support adding more configuration options.

In particular, I had enough of black screens with white, green, or amber text back in the PC-DOS days; so I would love to get rid of that black background. Ever since better monitors became available, I have relished the greater legibility of black text on a white screen--such an improvement over the old days!

[sameerdenzi]

cplittlfield,
Thank you for the looking into the matter. I use the Nemo terminal extension as my default (Im not a power user) :).
I dont have an issue with the black background as I prefer dark mode. It's the dark blue front that's the issue due to its poor contrast with black (as shown in the pic). The best solution is to give the user the option to select the colors for the various elements.

[cplittlfield]

I agree. Dark blue on black is not a good combination!

[Axel-Erfurt]

I moved the file nemo_terminal.py from /usr/share/nemo-python/extensions to ~/.local/share/nemo-python/extensions (so that it is not changed in an update)

added Pango to imports

from gi.repository import GObject, Nemo, Gtk, Gdk, Vte, GLib, Gio, Pango`

and add after the line 87 self.term = Vte.Terminal()

        ###################start theming##############################
        self.term.set_font(Pango.FontDescription.from_string("Noto Mono, 9"))
        self.term.set_scroll_on_output(True)
        self.term.set_scroll_on_keystroke(True)
        palette = [Gdk.RGBA(0.4, 0.8, 0.8, 1.0)] * 16
        self.term.set_colors(Gdk.RGBA(1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 1.0), Gdk.RGBA(0.2, 0.2, 0.2, 1.0), palette)
        self.term.set_color_highlight(Gdk.RGBA(0.3, 0.3, 0.9, 1.0))
        self.term.set_color_highlight_foreground(Gdk.RGBA(0.8, 0.8, 0.8, 1.0))
        ###################end theming##############################

Now it looks better.