[Konsole-devel] Bug#37942: feature request: escape sequence to set background color (like xterm)

[saurer at nts.at]

Package: konsole
Version: 1.0.1 (using KDE 2.2.2 )
Severity: wishlist
Installed from:    Not Specified
Compiler:          Not Specified
OS:                Linux
OS/Compiler notes: Not Specified

Hello!

I use the following escape sequence to control the background color of
xterm sessions when logging in to different machines:

  PS1="\[\033]11;lightgreen\007\033]0;\u@\h\007\033[0;34m\]\u@\h:\w>\[\033[0m\] "

xterm works, but my konsole windows always have the same background color.

I use this simple trick to
differentiate between telnet sessions
to different hosts by looking at
the background color of the window.

Each color means a specific machine, for example:
lightyellow ... machine 1
lightgreen ... machine 2
lightred ... production machine 1

NCD terminals support it, xterm
too, but konsole not (yet).

Kind regards,
Robert Saurer

(Submitted via bugs.kde.org)