https://github.com/sos4nt/dynamic-colors

Change terminal colors on the fly
https://github.com/sos4nt/dynamic-colors

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Change terminal colors on the fly

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sos4nt/dynamic-colors
• Owner: sos4nt
• License: mit
• Created: 2012-04-20T15:53:28.000Z (almost 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-02-27T18:30:28.000Z (12 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-08-02T22:23:21.771Z (7 months ago)
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 16.6 KB
• Stars: 198
• Watchers: 13
• Forks: 41
• Open Issues: 18
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  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE.txt

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README

        
# dynamic-colors

This is a small tool for changing your terminal colors on the fly.

I use it to switch my entire [tmux](http://tmux.sourceforge.net/) session between [Solarized](http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized) dark and light modes.

## Pre-requisites

Your terminal must support the appropriate OSC escape sequences. xterm and urxvt (rxvt-unicode) work fine, whereas Terminal.app and iTerm won't recognize these sequences.

Make sure `dynamicColors` is enabled in `.Xdefaults`/`.Xresources`

    xterm*dynamicColors: true

    urxvt*dynamicColors: on

### Compatibility Check

This changes your terminal background color to red if your terminal supports OCS:

    echo -e "\033]11;#ff0000\007"

## Setup

1. Clone the repository into `~/.dynamic-colors`:

        git clone https://github.com/sos4nt/dynamic-colors ~/.dynamic-colors

2. To add the tool to your `PATH` put the following line in your profile (`.bashrc`/`.zshrc`/`.profile`).

        export PATH="$HOME/.dynamic-colors/bin:$PATH"

3. For autocompletion add this to your profile (`.bashrc`/`.zshrc`/`.profile`). Change .zsh to .bash for bash environments.

        source $HOME/.dynamic-colors/completions/dynamic-colors.zsh

## Usage

List available color schemes:

    dynamic-colors list

Switch to a color scheme:

    dynamic-colors switch solarized-dark

Reload last color scheme:

    dynamic-colors init

Add this line to your profile to always set the last color scheme.

### Integration

I'm using the provided color schemes in conjunction with [dircolors-solarized](https://github.com/seebi/dircolors-solarized) and [vim-colors-solarized](https://github.com/altercation/vim-colors-solarized) for best results. Always use the dark mode and switch schemes with `dynamic-colors switch `

## Developing color schemes

Create a new color scheme (will be opened in your default editor):

    dynamic-colors create my-color-scheme

Edit an exising color scheme:

    dynamic-colors edit my-color-scheme

Check if all colors are defined:

    dynamic-colors audit my-color-scheme

## Key binding example for urxvt

Save this to a file named "urxvt-colors":

    sub on_user_command {

        my ($self, $cmd) = @_;

        my $output = `dynamic-colors cycle`;

        $self->cmd_parse($output);

    }

Add this to ~/.Xdefaults:

    urxvt*perl-ext-common: urxvt-colors

    urxvt*perl-lib: [directoy of urxvt-colors]

    urxvt*keysym.F12: perl:urxvt-colors:

Now you can cycle through all color schemes using F12 for example,

without closing running console applications.