Re: getting random background colors in ssh xterm through gnome shortcus
- From: Malke <notreally@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:37:50 -0800
H. S. wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At school I have my .fvmrc2 file in which I have these kind of lines:
> exec xterm -sl 2048 -ls -bg \#`printf '%02x%02x%02x' $((RANDOM%
> 31+224)) $((RANDOM%31+224)) $((RANDOM%31+224))` -e ssh remote.host.com
>
> to get an xterm windows at remote.host.com. The random light colored
> background is obtained with \#`printf '%02x%02x%02x' $((RANDOM%
> 31+224)) $((RANDOM%31+224)) $((RANDOM%31+224))`
>
> I was wondering, how do I get the same thing in gnome at my home
> machine running Debian Testing (2.6.12 kernel). I tried to make a
> custom application launcher on the panel but the command to get random
> background doesn't work. Any ideas what I should do instead?
>
> thanks,
> ->HS
>
>
>
>
Oops, you posted in the wrong group. Try in a Linux group for Debian or
Gnome. I don't have an answer for you because I use KDE.
Malke
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