dialog colors

[f***@protonmail.com]

is use dialog to create simple menus
it's always white background and blue text
how can i change the colors

[Charles Curley]

On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:58:09 +0000

Post by f***@protonmail.com
is use dialog to create simple menus
it's always white background and blue text
how can i change the colors

You will have to provide more information before anyone can answer that.

Which desktop/window manager? KDE, XFCE, etc.?

If your program runs in a terminal, which terminal emulation program?
rxvt, xfce4-terminal, etc.?

[f***@protonmail.com]

Post by Charles Curley
On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:58:09 +0000

Post by f***@protonmail.com
is use dialog to create simple menus
it's always white background and blue text
how can i change the colors

You will have to provide more information before anyone can answer that.
Which desktop/window manager? KDE, XFCE, etc.?
If your program runs in a terminal, which terminal emulation program?
rxvt, xfce4-terminal, etc.?

debian 11
xfce
xterm

[Nate Bargmann]

Post by f***@protonmail.com

Post by Charles Curley
On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:58:09 +0000

Post by f***@protonmail.com
is use dialog to create simple menus
it's always white background and blue text
how can i change the colors

You will have to provide more information before anyone can answer that.
Which desktop/window manager? KDE, XFCE, etc.?
If your program runs in a terminal, which terminal emulation program?
rxvt, xfce4-terminal, etc.?

debian 11
xfce
xterm

By default Xterm has a different color palette than the Linux console.
A custom XResources file can be used to configure Xterm to very closely
match the console palette if desired. See:

https://www.n0nb.us/blog/2020/02/coping-with-color-on-the-linux-console-and-xterm-and-friends/

Programs like dialog that are based on Ncurses request a color from the
terminal but when the terminal is configured for some other hue, the
client programs have no control over that.

As my blog post shows, I like to unify the color schemes between the
console, Gnome Terminal, and Xterm.

If this is not your issue, then you'll need to consult the dialog
manual.

- Nate

[Charles Curley]

On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:35:02 -0500

Post by Nate Bargmann

Post by f***@protonmail.com
debian 11
xfce
xterm

By default Xterm has a different color palette than the Linux console.
A custom XResources file can be used to configure Xterm to very
https://www.n0nb.us/blog/2020/02/coping-with-color-on-the-linux-console-and-xterm-and-friends/

The original poster (OP) may find it simpler to install xfce4-terminal.
It has a nice GUI for configuring colors, including some pre-defined
color schemes. Edit -> Preferences -> Colors

[t***@tuxteam.de]

Post by Charles Curley
On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:58:09 +0000

Post by f***@protonmail.com
is use dialog to create simple menus
it's always white background and blue text
how can i change the colors

You will have to provide more information before anyone can answer that.
Which desktop/window manager? KDE, XFCE, etc.?

I guess it is /usr/bin/dialog, from the same-named package. This would be
a ncurses program, although there seems to be an X incarnation.

Not installed on my box, so I can't currently try things (for the curious:
the man page is online here [1]). There seems to be a dialogrc init file,
I guess that's where to set things like colors.

Cheers

[1] https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/dialog/dialog.1.en.html

[d***@howorth.org.uk]

Post by t***@tuxteam.de

Post by Charles Curley
On Sun, 18 Aug 2024 15:58:09 +0000

Post by f***@protonmail.com
is use dialog to create simple menus
it's always white background and blue text
how can i change the colors

[snip]

Post by t***@tuxteam.de
I guess it is /usr/bin/dialog, from the same-named package. This
would be a ncurses program, although there seems to be an X
incarnation.
Not installed on my box, so I can't currently try things (for the
curious: the man page is online here [1]). There seems to be a
dialogrc init file, I guess that's where to set things like colors.
Cheers
[1] https://manpages.debian.org/bookworm/dialog/dialog.1.en.html

The man page also mentions the --colors option, which appears to
control whether you can embed color control characters in the dialog
text.

Without more information from the OP it's difficult to go any further.