Customizing the Terminal

The Terminal is a very simple application in terms of looks, though you can spice things up a bit if you're so inclined. Not only can you change the background and text colors in the Terminal, but you can even display one of your favorite photos as a background (as shown in Figure 9-19) or make the background transparent.

To change the Terminal background, go to the Terminal, and select EditProfiles. When the Profiles window appears, select the profile you want to edit, which the first time out would be Default, and then click the Edit button. In the Editing Profile window that appears, click the Background tab, select Background image (Figure 9-20), and then navigate to the photo you want to use as your background by ...

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