[CentOS] Change bash colours like in VIM

[Keith Roberts]

On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, Marc Deop i Argemí wrote:

> To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org>
> From: Marc Deop i Argemí <damnshock at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Change bash colours like in VIM
> 
> On 17/08/2011 23:51, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> In VIM one can easily change colours with ":set backgorund=dark". This
>> doesn't actually change the background, but rather uses a colour
>> scheme that is designed for a dark background. Is there any quick
>> command like this for bash? I don't want to edit the whole config file
>> if there is a quick way to get a better colour scheme.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> No, there is not such option in bash.
>
> There are some terminal applications that allow to change the
> colourscheme though (like konsole)

In a konsole terminal window look under Settings->Schema for 
some preset colour schemes. Also take a look under 
Settings->Configure Konsole->Schema for more advanced 
options :)

Personally I like white text on a black background.

Kind Regards,

Keith Roberts

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