[gnome-terminal/wip/mallard-merge: 118/163] help: add app-colors.page



commit 3272bbe4510f8b28bbccbdc680ef272566b595d9
Author: Sindhu S <sindhus live in>
Date:   Mon Feb 25 20:15:57 2013 +0530

    help: add 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>Color schemes</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 <gui>Black on light yellow</gui>, <gui>Black on white</gui>,
+  <gui>Gray on black</gui>, <gui>Green on black</gui>, <gui>White on black</gui>
+  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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