[gnome-terminal/wip/mallard-merge: 282/341] Help: Added new app-colors.page.



commit ea02a22c8af741ca436766a9574d64c178f09d2f
Author: Sindhu S <sindhus live in>
Date:   Mon Feb 25 20:15:57 2013 +0530

    Help: Added new app-colors.page.
    
    Page describes how to set color schemes in Terminal.
    Added sections to separate options.

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+<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/";
+      type="task"
+      id="app-colors">
+  <info>
+    <revision version="0.1" date="2013-01-10" status="draft"/>
+
+    <credit type="author copyright">
+      <name>Sindhu S</name>
+      <email>sindhus live in</email>
+      <years>2013</years>
+    </credit>
+
+    <link type="guide" xref="index#appearence"/>
+
+    <desc>Change colors and backgrounds</desc>
+
+  </info>
+
+  <title><app>Terminal</app> themes</title>
+
+  <p>For readability and asthetic purposes, you might want to alter colors that <app>Terminal</app> uses for 
text, foreground and background. You have the following options:</p>
+
+  <section id="from-system-theme">
+    <title>Use colors from system theme</title>
+
+  <p>To use colors from currently set system theme as <app>Terminal</app> colors:</p>
+
+  <steps>
+    <item>
+      <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui style="menuitem">Profile Preferences…</gui><gui 
style="tab">Colors</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>Select <gui style="checkbox">Use colors from system theme</gui></p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>Click <gui style="button">Close</gui> to quit the dialog and return to <app>Terminal</app>.</p>
+    </item>
+  </steps>
+
+  </section>
+
+  <section id="built-in-schemes">
+    <title>Built-in schemes</title>
+
+  <p><app>Terminal</app> has built-in color schemes for you to choose from. You can choose from Black on 
light yellow, Black on white, Gray on black, Green on black, White on black or set a custom color scheme. To 
set any of the built-in schemes:</p>
+
+  <steps>
+    <item>
+      <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui style="menuitem">Profile Preferences…</gui><gui 
style="tab">Colors</gui></guiseq></p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>Choose the desired color scheme from <gui>Built-in schemes</gui>.</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>If you have selected <gui>Custom</gui>, see <link xref="#custom-color-scheme"/>.</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>Color scheme choices are applied immediately. Click <gui style="button">Close</gui> to quit the 
dialog and return to <app>Terminal</app>.</p>
+    </item>
+  </steps>
+
+  </section>
+
+  <section id="custom-color-scheme">
+    <title>Custom color scheme</title>
+
+  <p>You can set custom color schemes by changing the colors for text, background and foreground from a 
color picker.</p>
+
+  <steps>
+    <item>
+      <p>Select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Edit</gui><gui style="menuitem">Profile Preferences…</gui><gui 
style="tab">Colors</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>Select <gui>Custom</gui> from <gui style="group">Built-in schemes:</gui>.</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>Click on the color sample next to any of the desired component you'd like to change.</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>Choose your desired color from the color sample blocks and click <gui 
style="button">Select</gui>.</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>If you wish to select a color from the color picker, click on <gui style="button">+</gui>. You can 
either input the desired color by typing in the hexadecimal color code or drag the slider to the left to 
adjust the colors and click on the desired color in the color picker</p>
+    </item>
+    <item>
+      <p>Click <gui style="button">Close</gui> to quit the dialog and return to <app>Terminal</app>.</p>
+    </item>
+  </steps>
+
+  <note style="tip">
+    <p>You may also alter a color when you have choosen a built-in scheme by clicking on the color sample 
block, once changes, the choice for built-in schemes will switch to <gui>Custom</gui>.</p>
+  </note>
+</section>
+</page>


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