CMD background color

[aelhadad]

Is there a way to change thecmd background color for the raspberry pi? if so do I have to change the writing color too?. Also, can I make the the writing bigger?

Thanks.

[KLL]

hi, what window are you talking about?
-a- RASPBIAN lite HDMI
-b- Raspbian desktop HDMI lxterminal window

-c- PC putty shh terminal window

[aelhadad]

I am using VNC with my raspberry, then I open the command prompt window and call

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python sensor3.py

then my data is printed on the command prompt.

[KLL]

I am using VNC with my raspberry, then I open the command prompt window

lxterminal header menu [edit][preferences][style]

[PeterO]

The colour selection for lxterminal (show above) is found in the Edit Menu under Preferences and Style
PeterO
KLL beat me to it !

[KLL]

as you see at my LOGIN, there are bash text terminal colors, more here
but that can be used from python also

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pi@RPI3:~/projects $ ls
BACKUP_from_DATA  python3_sensor_terminalcolors.py
pi@RPI3:~/projects $ leafpad python3_sensor_terminalcolors.py
pi@RPI3:~/projects $ chmod +x python3_sensor_terminalcolors.py
pi@RPI3:~/projects $ ./python3_sensor_terminalcolors.py
python3_sensor_terminalcolors.py
sensor1:123.45
sensor2:67.8
pi@RPI3:~/projects $ cat python3_sensor_terminalcolors.py
#!/usr/bin/python3

# use terminal color defs as from BASH
# raspberry pi
WHT='\033[37;44m'   # white on blue background
BLU='\033[47;34m'   # blue on white background
MAG='\033[47;35m'   # magenta on white background
GRN='\033[0;32m'   # green on NO background
RED='\033[47;31m'   # red on white background
BLK='\033[47;30m'   # black on white background

BOLD='\033[1m'             # and BOLD
END2='\033[0m'             # end style
MTXT=''

MTXT='python3_sensor_terminalcolors.py'
print("{color}{text}{default}".format(color=RED,text=MTXT,default=END2))

VALUE=123.45
MTXT='sensor1'
print("{color}{text}{default}:{vcolor}{vtext}{default}".format(color=BLU,text=MTXT,vcolor=MAG,vtext=str(VALUE),default=END2))

VALUE=67.8
MTXT='sensor2'
print("{color}{text}{default}:{vcolor}{vtext}{default}".format(color=BLU,text=MTXT,vcolor=MAG,vtext=str(VALUE),default=END2))
pi@RPI3:~/projects $ 

and yes, it also works from PUTTY SSH ( i use bitvise ssh client )


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or you go the next step and make a graphic python program ( what creates a application window )
that you can run only from desktop, not putty terminal...
PYTHON ways: Tkinter, pygame, matplotlib, pygtk, WX, QT4, QT5, QT5 QT quick qml
but if you think linux desktop applications are not your future, better try webserver HTML5 ( by python3 flask )