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Old 02-20-2014
[Solved] Background and foreground colors for xterm
Hi all,

I used the code given by cfajohnson on this forum to generate background colors for xterm.

Thanks cfajohnson... (sorry wasnt allowed to past the complete url)

Code:
n=200  ## adjust to taste: higher value, lighter background n1=$(( 256 - $n )) bg=$( printf "#%x%x%x\n" $(( $RANDOM % $n1 + $n )) \                          $(( $RANDOM % $n1 + $n )) \                          $(( $RANDOM % $n1 + $n )) ) xterm -bg "$bg" &

Could someone help me to come up with a foreground color that has good visibility based on thebackground color generated by the script?.
Last edited by Don Cragun; 02-20-2014 at 06:33 PM.. Reason: Add CODE tags.
# 2  
Old 02-20-2014
Try:

Code:
n=200 ## adjust to taste: higher value, lighter background and darker foreground
n1=$(( 256 - $n ))
bg=$( printf "#%02x%02x%02x\n" \
   $(( $RANDOM % $n1 + $n )) \
   $(( $RANDOM % $n1 + $n )) \
   $(( $RANDOM % $n1 + $n )))
fg=$( printf "#%02x%02x%02x\n" \
   $(( $RANDOM % $n1 )) \
   $(( $RANDOM % $n1 )) \
   $(( $RANDOM % $n1 )))

This User Gave Thanks to Chubler_XL For This Post:
carv_13
# 3  
Old 02-21-2014
That worked..Thanks.
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