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      peder @olivierlambert
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      @olivierlambert The actual values I posted aren't that important, it was the overall look I was going for.

      I don't have commit rights to anything so I can only come up with ideas.
      If you decide to use your colors I can't do anything about it, except for modifying my own copy of the program, and if you choose to go with my suggestion you can adjust any specific value to taste and theme-fidelity.

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      • olivierlambertO
        olivierlambert Vates ๐Ÿช Co-Founder๐Ÿฆธ CEO ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ผ
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        We'll see in the future to have a config file easily editable and maybe preconfigured "themes" ๐Ÿ™‚

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        • borzelB
          borzel XCP-ng Center Team ๐Ÿš๏ธ @olivierlambert
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          @olivierlambert colors and themes are always the most important features in software ๐Ÿ˜‰

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          • olivierlambertO
            olivierlambert Vates ๐Ÿช Co-Founder๐Ÿฆธ CEO ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ผ
            last edited by olivierlambert

            Yeah despite xsconsole is far from being the main entry point to manage XS/XCP-ng, it seems people are very touchy about changing anything there ๐Ÿ˜›

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              akurzawa
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              little off-top, any one know how to prevent status screen from going blank? I would like to see those information all the time

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              • olivierlambertO
                olivierlambert Vates ๐Ÿช Co-Founder๐Ÿฆธ CEO ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ผ
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                Less yellowish terminal to use less different colors and keeping the variations in the logo:

                5.png

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                • olivierlambertO
                  olivierlambert Vates ๐Ÿช Co-Founder๐Ÿฆธ CEO ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ผ
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                  @akurzawa maybe try setterm -blank 0 -powerdown 0 but I have no idea if it will work.

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                    snowstruk @olivierlambert
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                    @olivierlambert I like this one the best so far. I like how there is a lot less red, but still some there.

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                      bnrstnr
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                      I can't believe this is even a thing. How much time are people spending on this screen?! lol

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                      • olivierlambertO
                        olivierlambert Vates ๐Ÿช Co-Founder๐Ÿฆธ CEO ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ผ
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                        @snowstruk I think it's the best balance between making a "brand" on XCP-ng and usability.

                        But as @bnrstnr suggest, yeah I'm still surprised there is so much debate on it for something nobody use a lot (I mean, who's really using this UI to do operations outside reboot or read IP address?)

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                          snowstruk @olivierlambert
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                          @olivierlambert It just shows that people are passionate about this project.

                          In the end you cannot make everyone happy, but since you are seeking feedback I will provide my 2 cents.

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                          • olivierlambertO
                            olivierlambert Vates ๐Ÿช Co-Founder๐Ÿฆธ CEO ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ผ
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                            Indeed ๐Ÿ™‚ And the feedback reduced the amount of "red", for the best I suppose. Constructive criticism is always good ๐Ÿ™‚

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                            • borzelB
                              borzel XCP-ng Center Team ๐Ÿš๏ธ
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                              I like the last result!

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                              • MajorTomM
                                MajorTom @olivierlambert
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                                @olivierlambert said in New XCP-ng "theme" in shell:

                                (I mean, who's really using this UI to do operations outside reboot or read IP address?)

                                Me is.

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                                • olivierlambertO
                                  olivierlambert Vates ๐Ÿช Co-Founder๐Ÿฆธ CEO ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ผ
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                                  Feel free to explain your use cases, I'm interested ๐Ÿ™‚

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                                    stormi Vates ๐Ÿช XCP-ng Team ๐Ÿš€
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                                    Users of the 8.0.0 beta can now update and will get the new prompt and new console.

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                                    • MajorTomM
                                      MajorTom @olivierlambert
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                                      @olivierlambert said in New XCP-ng "theme" in shell:

                                      Feel free to explain your use cases, I'm interested ๐Ÿ™‚

                                      To observe Host Performance Information, VMs' performance info, stop and start VMs, especially before and after a host reboot.

                                      Especially being in the server room. There I use a physical console with a keyboard/video switch, not a workstation with a browser. Also, while working in a server room I don't seat near the display all the time and I must have a look from a side or from a larger distance.

                                      Besides, it's usually faster for me to ssh somewhere than to make a series of tunnels to access the destination with a browser or XCP-ng Center. So also when ssh-ing, xsconsole is handy.

                                      Having a legible xsconsole is important for me.

                                      Especially on some new host, on which xsconsole use only a small fraction of the physical display and the characters are very small.

                                      Do you know how I can configure Dom0 to have normal tty with 24 rows and 80 columns, so that xsconsole occupy all the physical display?

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                                      • olivierlambertO
                                        olivierlambert Vates ๐Ÿช Co-Founder๐Ÿฆธ CEO ๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ผ
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                                        OK, but why not using xe CLI? I mean, it's faster and you can get exactly what you need without moving the cursor in ncurse info?

                                        Regarding the size, feel free to take a look at the source, it's written in Python ๐Ÿ™‚ https://github.com/xenserver/xsconsole

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                                          MajorTom @olivierlambert
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                                          @olivierlambert said in New XCP-ng "theme" in shell:

                                          OK, but why not using xe CLI?

                                          Sometimes I use xe, sometimes XCP-ng Center, sometimes xsconsole.

                                          I mean, it's faster and you can get exactly what you need without moving the cursor in ncurse info?

                                          Typing tens of characters is not faster than pressing a few keys (like arrow, arrow, enter).
                                          Especially standing at a not familiar keyboard in a server room.

                                          Regarding the size, feel free to take a look at the source, it's written in Python ๐Ÿ™‚ https://github.com/xenserver/xsconsole

                                          This question is not only pertaining xsconsole.

                                          I tried various things, but the most what I achieved was during the boot phase. After this, the CLI resolution reverts to very small characters again ๐Ÿ˜ž

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                                            peder
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                                            Unless it's an environmental decision to make the xsconsole as dim and washed out as possible, to save power, my humble suggestion would be to multiply the fgBright values by 1.249 to get 999,431,372, if my math is correct, and set fgNormal to something like 930,930,930

                                            fgDark could either remain at its current values or be set to fbBright

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