Re: changing background image of Terminal.app
Re: changing background image of Terminal.app
- Subject: Re: changing background image of Terminal.app
- From: "Manoah F. Adams" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:15:50 -0700
Hi,
Terminal does not allow the background *image* to be changed directly
via applescript, as it does for the *color*...
(at least for my Terminal, OS10-4)
To change the color...
---
tell application "Terminal" to set background color of window 1 to
"blue"
---
To change the background image you need to directly write to the
preferences file...
(and of course use your own desired file path)
-- to set an image/photo --
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.Terminal
BackgroundImagePath '/Users/manoahfadams/Pictures/Wallpapers/Grass
Blades.jpg';"
-- to un-set image (revert to coloring), set to empty path, (note:
those are two single quotes just before the end) --
do shell script "defaults write com.apple.Terminal
BackgroundImagePath '';"
---
The change will be reflected in any new Terminal windows opened (not
currently open windows).
Hope that helps,
Manoah Adams
<email@hidden>
On Jun 21, 2013, at 14:02 , Xavier Noria wrote:
Hi, I have seen some snippets out there that allow you to change
the background color of Terminal.app. I am trying to change the
background picture in a similar manner:
osascript -e 'tell application "Terminal" to set background
image of current session of current terminal to POSIX file "..."'
but that yields
35:51: syntax error: A identifier can’t go after this
identifier. (-2740)
Could anybody shed some light? (I don't even know if it is possible.)
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