Package Details: fbterm 1.7_5-5

Git Clone URL: https://aur.archlinux.org/fbterm.git (read-only, click to copy)
Package Base: fbterm
Description: Framebuffer terminal emulator
Upstream URL: https://salsa.debian.org/debian/fbterm
Keywords: console emulator fbterm framebuffer terminal tty
Licenses: GPL2
Conflicts: fbterm
Provides: fbterm
Submitter: ivanp7
Maintainer: ivanp7
Last Packager: ivanp7
Votes: 7
Popularity: 0.67
First Submitted: 2021-05-19 12:15 (UTC)
Last Updated: 2025-08-17 12:58 (UTC)

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ivanp7 commented on 2022-01-16 16:27 (UTC) (edited on 2022-01-16 18:24 (UTC) by ivanp7)

I have applied the proposed "configurable color palette" patch. Now the colors may be specified in the configuration file using numbered parameters color-num=RRGGBB.

color-235=212121
color-247=a6a19b
color-background=235
color-foreground=247

ivanp7 commented on 2021-11-27 21:50 (UTC)

I changed my mind. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fbterm/fbtermrc is now an allowed configuration location along with the old $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fbtermrc. Old location is used only when $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fbterm/ does not exist.

ivanp7 commented on 2021-05-20 11:46 (UTC) (edited on 2021-05-20 13:13 (UTC) by ivanp7)

To set a wallpaper in fbterm, you'll need fbv package (framebuffer image viewer). Execute the following instructions right before launching fbterm (works in POSIX-compliant shell like dash):

# hide cursor
echo -ne "\e[?25l"
# display fullscreen-stretched image and quit viewer without screen refreshing
fbv -ciuker "$WALLPAPER_FILE" << EOF
q
EOF
# use current screen state as a wallpaper
export FBTERM_BACKGROUND_IMAGE=1

ivanp7 commented on 2021-05-20 11:35 (UTC) (edited on 2021-09-25 01:37 (UTC) by ivanp7)

To enable 256 color mode properly, do export TERM=fbterm-256color AFTER fbterm starts and then attach to a tmux session. If TERM is not linux upon fbterm launch, it will fail. Tmux is needed because fbterm provides escape codes that differ from broadly used codes, so tmux serves as an abstraction layer.

Unlike vanilla fbterm, in this version the configuration file is located at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fbtermrc or $HOME/.config/fbtermrc if XDG_CONFIG_HOME is unset or empty (the original placement is $HOME/.fbtermrc). Also, the configuration file is not forcibly recreated anymore. For default configuration, see /etc/fbterm/fbtermrc.example.

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ivanp7 commented on 2021-05-20 11:46 (UTC) (edited on 2021-05-20 13:13 (UTC) by ivanp7)

To set a wallpaper in fbterm, you'll need fbv package (framebuffer image viewer). Execute the following instructions right before launching fbterm (works in POSIX-compliant shell like dash):

# hide cursor
echo -ne "\e[?25l"
# display fullscreen-stretched image and quit viewer without screen refreshing
fbv -ciuker "$WALLPAPER_FILE" << EOF
q
EOF
# use current screen state as a wallpaper
export FBTERM_BACKGROUND_IMAGE=1

ivanp7 commented on 2021-05-20 11:35 (UTC) (edited on 2021-09-25 01:37 (UTC) by ivanp7)

To enable 256 color mode properly, do export TERM=fbterm-256color AFTER fbterm starts and then attach to a tmux session. If TERM is not linux upon fbterm launch, it will fail. Tmux is needed because fbterm provides escape codes that differ from broadly used codes, so tmux serves as an abstraction layer.

Unlike vanilla fbterm, in this version the configuration file is located at $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/fbtermrc or $HOME/.config/fbtermrc if XDG_CONFIG_HOME is unset or empty (the original placement is $HOME/.fbtermrc). Also, the configuration file is not forcibly recreated anymore. For default configuration, see /etc/fbterm/fbtermrc.example.

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