Gedit – Make Gedit Embedded Terminal Colors the Same as the Default Terminal

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I've just updated to 11.10 and now my embedded terminal in gedit does not match my default terminal. I hate looking at a white and black terminal. Does anyone know how to make the embedded terminal match the default terminal?

This is a screenshot:

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I want my embedded terminal in gedit to match my default terminal.

Best Answer

  1. Make sure you have the following packages installed:

  2. Open up gconf-editor and navigate to apps ➜ gnome-terminal and select a profile:

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  3. Now open up dconf-editor and navigate to org ➜ gnome ➜ gedit ➜ plugins ➜ terminal and uncheck the use-theme-colors key:

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  4. From gconf-editor, copy the values of the

    • background-color
    • foreground-color
    • palette

    over to the corresponding keys in dconf-editor. The embedded terminal should now match a regular gnome-terminal.

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