yanom
May 11th, 2011, 11:54 PM
Here is a short Python program I wrote. To run it, copy the source code below into a file, name it rcxterm, and make it executable ($ chmod +x rcxterm works for this), and run it. You can edit the second and third lines of text to change the available colors and the font size.
#!/usr/bin/python
available_colors = ["magenta","yellow", "white", "green", "cyan", "orange", "purple"]
fontsize = 20
import random
import os
color = random.choice(available_colors)
font = "-*-courier 10 pitch-*-r-*-*-" + str(fontsize) + "-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
command = 'xterm -font \"' + font + '\" -bg black' + ' -fg ' + color
os.system(command)
It's called RCXTerm, short for Random Colored X Terminal. It arose out of my inability to choose a text color for my terminal. I then wrote this to randomly choose a color for me each time I open it.
#!/usr/bin/python
available_colors = ["magenta","yellow", "white", "green", "cyan", "orange", "purple"]
fontsize = 20
import random
import os
color = random.choice(available_colors)
font = "-*-courier 10 pitch-*-r-*-*-" + str(fontsize) + "-*-*-*-*-*-*-*"
command = 'xterm -font \"' + font + '\" -bg black' + ' -fg ' + color
os.system(command)
It's called RCXTerm, short for Random Colored X Terminal. It arose out of my inability to choose a text color for my terminal. I then wrote this to randomly choose a color for me each time I open it.