Comments on: Terminal Color Changing via AppleScript http://nslog.com/2006/11/02/terminal_color_changing_via_applescript The Weblog of Erik J. Barzeski Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Upgraded to Leopard | NSLog(); http://nslog.com/2006/11/02/terminal_color_changing_via_applescript#comment-44080 Upgraded to Leopard | NSLog(); Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:44:46 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/11/02/lazyweb_request_terminal_color_changer/#comment-44080 [...] Terminal AppleScript2 MySQL Dock Window Styles Time Machine Spaces Cover Flow/QuickLook Firewall Overall Impressions [...] [...] Terminal AppleScript2 MySQL Dock Window Styles Time Machine Spaces Cover Flow/QuickLook Firewall Overall Impressions [...]

]]> By: tim http://nslog.com/2006/11/02/terminal_color_changing_via_applescript#comment-39523 tim Fri, 16 Feb 2007 20:28:56 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/11/02/lazyweb_request_terminal_color_changer/#comment-39523 For picking colors, you want to use the "DigitalColor Meter" -- look in /Applications/Utilities Set it to "RGB As Actual Value, 16-bit" and then point it at a color on the screen: it'll give you the first 3 numbers to use in your script. The 4th number is indeed saturation -- you can skip it if you want to. For picking colors, you want to use the "DigitalColor Meter" -- look in /Applications/Utilities

Set it to "RGB As Actual Value, 16-bit" and then point it at a color on the screen: it'll give you the first 3 numbers to use in your script. The 4th number is indeed saturation -- you can skip it if you want to.

]]> By: Red Sweater Blog - Random Color Terminal http://nslog.com/2006/11/02/terminal_color_changing_via_applescript#comment-21334 Red Sweater Blog - Random Color Terminal Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:23:40 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/11/02/lazyweb_request_terminal_color_changer/#comment-21334 [...] Erik Barzeski stumbled on a cool trick with Terminal’s scriptability, allowing him to save presets for his favorite color schemes in AppleScript. His approach is especially brilliant since he’s using FastScripts to trigger the scripts! [...] [...] Erik Barzeski stumbled on a cool trick with Terminal’s scriptability, allowing him to save presets for his favorite color schemes in AppleScript. His approach is especially brilliant since he’s using FastScripts to trigger the scripts! [...]

]]> By: Daniel Lord http://nslog.com/2006/11/02/terminal_color_changing_via_applescript#comment-20736 Daniel Lord Fri, 03 Nov 2006 16:55:56 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/11/02/lazyweb_request_terminal_color_changer/#comment-20736 The RGB values are short ints. I wrote an Applescript a few years ago (still use it) that gives me a list of background color combinations with esthetic text colors and some transaprency so I can chose to color the frontmost terminal window. I then wrote a simple shell script that ran the Applescript with using 'open -a': #!/bin/sh open -a "/Users/daniello/Library/Scripts/Terminal/ChangeColor" My simple color list in the ChangeColor script: property MAX_COLOR : 1024 * 10 property GRAY_MIX : 1024 * 6 property TRANSPARENCY : -8536 property colorList : [{MAX_COLOR, 0, 0, TRANSPARENCY}, ¬ {0, MAX_COLOR, 0, TRANSPARENCY}, ¬ {0, 0, MAX_COLOR, TRANSPARENCY}, ¬ {MAX_COLOR, 0, MAX_COLOR, TRANSPARENCY}, ¬ {MAX_COLOR, GRAY_MIX, 0, TRANSPARENCY}, ¬ {GRAY_MIX, GRAY_MIX, GRAY_MIX, TRANSPARENCY}] property colors : {"Red", "Green", "Blue", "Purple", "Orange", "Gray"} I just index from the 'colors' choice. I like the Random idea. The RGB values are short ints. I wrote an Applescript a few years ago (still use it) that gives me a list of background color combinations with esthetic text colors and some transaprency so I can chose to color the frontmost terminal window. I then wrote a simple shell script that ran the Applescript with using 'open -a':

#!/bin/sh
open -a "/Users/daniello/Library/Scripts/Terminal/ChangeColor"

My simple color list in the ChangeColor script:

property MAX_COLOR : 1024 * 10
property GRAY_MIX : 1024 * 6
property TRANSPARENCY : -8536
property colorList : [{MAX_COLOR, 0, 0, TRANSPARENCY}, ¬
{0, MAX_COLOR, 0, TRANSPARENCY}, ¬
{0, 0, MAX_COLOR, TRANSPARENCY}, ¬
{MAX_COLOR, 0, MAX_COLOR, TRANSPARENCY}, ¬
{MAX_COLOR, GRAY_MIX, 0, TRANSPARENCY}, ¬
{GRAY_MIX, GRAY_MIX, GRAY_MIX, TRANSPARENCY}]
property colors : {"Red", "Green", "Blue", "Purple", "Orange", "Gray"}

I just index from the 'colors' choice.
I like the Random idea.

]]> By: Daniel Jalkut http://nslog.com/2006/11/02/terminal_color_changing_via_applescript#comment-20675 Daniel Jalkut Thu, 02 Nov 2006 22:43:44 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/11/02/lazyweb_request_terminal_color_changer/#comment-20675 I think the numbers for the RGB values are 0-65535 (short ints), but that you're seeing negative numbers sometimes just because AppleScript is interpreting them as signed ints. I was inspired by your post to put together a little script that sets the color of the terminal randomly: http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/220/random-color-terminal I think the numbers for the RGB values are 0-65535 (short ints), but that you're seeing negative numbers sometimes just because AppleScript is interpreting them as signed ints.

I was inspired by your post to put together a little script that sets the color of the terminal randomly:

http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/220/random-color-terminal

]]> By: Doug http://nslog.com/2006/11/02/terminal_color_changing_via_applescript#comment-20628 Doug Thu, 02 Nov 2006 18:05:01 +0000 http://nslog.com/2006/11/02/lazyweb_request_terminal_color_changer/#comment-20628 Scripting terminal always breaks it so that .term files can no longer be opened from the Finder. Not sure why, but the bug's been in there for several OSX versions. Scripting terminal always breaks it so that .term files can no longer be opened from the Finder. Not sure why, but the bug's been in there for several OSX versions.

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