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#8 Re: Differentiating xterms Posted by Anonymous (66.92.xx.xx) on Wed 27 Apr 2005 at 18:00 This is, after all, about differentiating xterms: so use the capabilities of your xterm. Even basic xterm can use different text and background colors: I find the combinations black on white and white, yellow, green, amber on black to all be highly readable. That gives 5 different kinds of terminals. In combination with virtual desktops, I rarely need more than that to quickly decide what window I want to focus on. Using aterm or any of the other advanced xterms, you can also set transparency and color tinting. Adding a simple transparent term and tints of red, green, blue and yellow gives 5 more terminal types. I pick a nice, large, clear monospaced font and use it in all my terms. I also keep the geometry constant -- I find that with a 1600x1200 screen, lucidasanstypewriter-18 is eminently readable, especially with an 80x37 window.

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