Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text?

From	Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text?
Date	2021-06-01 15:00 +0200
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On 05/31/2021 08:49 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 07:30:42PM -0400, songbird wrote:
>> Richard Owlett wrote:
>>> The MATE terminal "Help"(sic) claims VT102 emulation but does not say
>>> how to obtain it.
>>
>>    i'd put in my .bashrc the line:
>>
>>    TERM="vt102" && export TERM
> 
> That's unwise.  It'll screw you up *hard* any time you're not using
> the terminal you normally use -- e.g. on ssh logins, or if you want to
> test another terminal, or if you use tmux or screen, etc.

The MATE terminal allows you chose from multiple "profiles".
One parameter is which emulator is used - though labeled "palette" ;/

> 
>>> IIRC the VT100 series were *physically* a B&W display.
>>
>>    no, phosphors were white, green and amber.
> 
> He probably meant monochrome.

When I was a T.V. service tech back in '62, *EVERYBODY* referred to 
"black and white televisions".

Thread

Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-05-31 15:50 +0200
  Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text? <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2021-05-31 16:00 +0200
  Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-05-31 16:00 +0200
  Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text? "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-05-31 16:10 +0200
  Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-06-01 03:40 +0200
    Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-06-01 03:50 +0200
      Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text? songbird <songbird@anthive.com> - 2021-06-01 04:30 +0200
      Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text? Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2021-06-01 15:00 +0200
      Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-06-01 16:50 +0200
      Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text? Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2021-06-01 16:10 +0200
        Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text? Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-06-01 16:30 +0200

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