On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 09:52:47AM +0200, steef van duin wrote: > hi folks > > a small problem for me in using bullseye: how can I change the colours of the > fonts on the desktop??
Start by figuring out which desktop environment (if any) you're running. I would think most of them have some sort of "control panel" or similar configuration program/applet which you can launch and then click on with a mouse. If you can't find it by clicking through menus, then try a Google search which includes the name of your desktop environment, and a few keywords that describe what you want to do. I'm wondering, actually, what you mean by "fonts on the desktop". Most of the time, when people talk of fonts, they actually mean fonts within a terminal emulator or a web browser, since that's where they see the most text. It's hard for me to wrap my head around a request to change the font colors within a web browser, because those are so obviously controlled by the page author. So I'm thinking you mean a terminal emulator. If that's true, then you need to identify which terminal emulator you're using. In some cases, it may be obvious -- the terminal emulator's name may appear in the window's title bar, or in the menu from which you launch the terminal. In other cases, it may not be obvious. If you're unsure, you can *try* running this command: ps -fp $PPID inside a shell in a terminal. This will show you the shell's parent process, which is typically the terminal emulator. Not always, but it's worth a try. Once you know which terminal emulator it is, you can try Googling for how to change the default foreground and/or background colors of that terminal. There may be something you click on with a mouse, or there may be settings you can put into your ~/.Xresources file, etc. It all depends on the terminal emulator.
