Allow setting background colour of Fingerterm

answered 2017-11-21 13:25:39 +0200

Spam Hunter
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updated 2017-11-21 14:38:06 +0200

NOT a complete answer, yet......and no need to rebuild the entire package (which I could not get SDK to perform).

Slowly, slowly, inching further into the request and the code, which with 3 minutes of guess work and some f**king around with one particular line of code, I have the following;

File edited for effect;

/usr/share/fingerterm/Main.qml

Line: 90; (original code)

color: bellTimer.running ? "#ffffff" : bgcolor

Changed to (as example);

color: bellTimer.running ? "black" : "purple"

The 'black' is the flashing part of the visible bell warning and the purple is the main background color - so in this case when deleting something back to the start of the line, the colours black and purple will flash. Then, you can use setterm commands to set text colour, as explained by @lakutalo

And here's a really pointless but fun solution for those who don't know which colour to choose for the background;

Add this line to Line: 93; (this is a resource hog because it is animated, you have been warned!)

    SequentialAnimation on color {
        id: bgcolor
        loops: Animation.Infinite
        ColorAnimation { from: "#9400D3"; to: "#4B0082"; duration: 5000 }//Violet>Indigo
        ColorAnimation { from: "#4B0082"; to: "#0000FF"; duration: 5000 }//Indigo>Blue
        ColorAnimation { from: "#0000FF"; to: "#00FF00"; duration: 5000 }//Blue>Green
        ColorAnimation { from: "#00FF00"; to: "#FFFF00"; duration: 5000 }//Green>Yellow
        ColorAnimation { from: "#FFFF00"; to: "#FF7F00"; duration: 5000 }//Yellow>Orange
        ColorAnimation { from: "#FF7F00"; to: "#FF0000"; duration: 5000 }//Orange>Red
        ColorAnimation { from: "#FF0000"; to: "#9400D3"; duration: 5000 }//Red>Violet
    }

This is about as far as I can go with my limited knowledge, the rest is up to you guys, so, get editing! ;)

Regards,