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Title: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: Ironman on March 21, 2015, 06:15:56 PM
I think we may have been down this road before, not sure. Post up a screenshot of your color scheme:

(http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd424/KoRe401/Screen%20Shot%202015-03-21%20at%207.12.51%20PM_zps4n3cvxnu.png)
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: deanwebb on March 22, 2015, 08:46:22 AM
We can change the colors?

Actually, I just leave things on black and white, but, now... maybe I want to go to an amber or green screen, like I used to have on my old monochrome monitors... Or maybe white text on a blue background like on my old Atari 400.
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: Ironman on March 22, 2015, 10:04:53 AM
I've been using the black background with orange text for awhile now and it works pretty well for me. I do like to change things up from time to time.
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: Putney on March 23, 2015, 09:27:04 AM
I've started to use Solarized (http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized) which is working well for me.
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: Ironman on March 23, 2015, 09:29:20 AM
You use the dark or the light one?
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: Reggle on March 23, 2015, 03:56:50 PM
Black background, green text. Oldschool I know.
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: Ironman on March 23, 2015, 05:18:42 PM

Quote from: Reggle on March 23, 2015, 03:56:50 PM
Black background, green text. Oldschool I know.

Matrix Style!

Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: Putney on March 24, 2015, 08:29:19 AM
Quote from: Ironman on March 23, 2015, 09:29:20 AM
You use the dark or the light one?

Dark on my terminals with a bit of tweaking for selection text and light for my text editors for now.

Might not stick with it but i've been using it for a couple of weeks now.
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: DanC on April 07, 2015, 10:05:48 AM
Quote from: Reggle on March 23, 2015, 03:56:50 PM
Black background, green text. Oldschool I know.

+1

I had a habit of using yellow on black for LAB equipment but that seems to finished since I moved jobs...
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: NetworkGroover on April 07, 2015, 10:24:30 AM
Attached, otherwise if I'm not on my PC I rock the black/green or black/orange depending on mood.
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: srg on April 07, 2015, 01:18:06 PM
Quote from: AspiringNetworker on April 07, 2015, 10:24:30 AM
Attached, otherwise if I'm not on my PC I rock the black/green or black/orange depending on mood.
For real? How do you stand the background?
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: Ironman on April 07, 2015, 01:23:30 PM
That is a bit tough, especially with letters.
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: NetworkGroover on April 07, 2015, 03:46:16 PM
For what I use now?  Doesn't bother me in the least.  The only time it may is if I'm looking at some color-coded text like purple.  Other than that though.. no issues here.
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: that1guy15 on April 07, 2015, 03:50:17 PM
white on black for me. Not really picky. As much as I love the idea I cant stand transparent windows.

I downloaded Solarized to try out but its not supported in SecureCRT so ill have to try something else out.
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: NetworkGroover on April 07, 2015, 04:06:14 PM
Quote from: that1guy15 on April 07, 2015, 03:50:17 PM
white on black for me. Not really picky. As much as I love the idea I cant stand transparent windows.

I downloaded Solarized to try out but its not supported in SecureCRT so ill have to try something else out.

+1 On transparent windows.  I thought it would have been a spiffy idea when I'm doing a remote demo and have multiple terminal windows up to make the inactive ones transparent so you can easily focus on the window I'm currently working in, but when it involved browser windows sitting in the background it got really ugly, really fast.
Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: deanwebb on April 08, 2015, 02:29:00 PM
Doing white text on blue background, oldest school Atari style. Using Terminal Bold 14 pt. for the full 1979 feel.

Title: Re: Best Colors for Terminal/Putty/SecreCRT etc. . .
Post by: config t on April 22, 2015, 06:11:53 AM
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