Whiptail Orange theme...


Whiptail Orange theme...

This is a theme for the whiptail linux tool, that creates menus in the terminal. It's similar to dialog. I made it for a project of mine, but because there aren't many themes out there, i share it for anyone who might find it useful.

whiptail doesn't have a config file for its colors. You have to change the following environment variable, so you can put the following command inside your .bashrc file or any other script. The result is an orange/black combination, with some white and yellow. I wanted to give a theme/look of rust and/or darkish colors. It's very distinguishable and easy to read. Take a look here for an example:

whiptail

And here are some other examples/themes you can take ideas for. Whiptail themes

export NEWT_COLORS='
    root=white,black
    border=brown,black
    window=lightgray,black
    shadow=gray,black
    title=yellow,black
    button=yellow,brown
    actbutton=white,brown
    compactbutton=brown,black
    checkbox=lightgray,black
    actcheckbox=yellow,brown
    entry=yellow,brown
    disentry=gray,brown
    label=white,black
    listbox=gray,black
    actlistbox=black,brown
    sellistbox=lightgray,green
    actsellistbox=white,brown
    textbox=white,black
    acttextbox=black,cyan
    emptyscale=,gray
    fullscale=,brown
    helpline=white,black
    roottext=lightgrey,black
'

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