Switch GNOME Terminal Profile from the command line

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Hackett picture Hackett · Mar 19, 2009 · Viewed 11k times · Source

If I'm running gnome-terminal with multiple tabs open, is it possible to switch the profile of a given tab at the bash prompt, with instant effect, and without altering the profile of the other tabs?

I understand how to use gconftool or gconftool-2 to change elements of a profile (such as the background), but I don't know how to actually switch the profile for a specific tab or window.

Any advice is appreciated.

Answer

blueyed picture blueyed · Jun 18, 2014

It does not your question in particular, but since it might help others, I leave it here regardless.

If there was a way to change the current profile, you could have different profiles for each tab.

You can list all existing profiles using:

gconftool-2 --all-dirs /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles

You can get the current profile using:

gconftool-2 --get /apps/gnome-terminal/global/default_profile

And you can set a new default profile (solarized-light in this case) using:

gconftool-2 --set --type string /apps/gnome-terminal/global/default_profile solarized-light

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