Re: Coerce "MATE terminal" to display black on white text?

[Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>]

On 05/31/2021 08:49 PM, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Mon, May 31, 2021 at 07:30:42PM -0400, songbird wrote:
> > Richard Owlett wrote:
> > > The MATE terminal "Help"(sic) claims VT102 emulation but does not say
> > > how to obtain it.
> >
> >    i'd put in my .bashrc the line:
> >
> >    TERM="vt102" && export TERM
>
> That's unwise.  It'll screw you up *hard* any time you're not using
> the terminal you normally use -- e.g. on ssh logins, or if you want to
> test another terminal, or if you use tmux or screen, etc.

The MATE terminal allows you chose from multiple "profiles".
One parameter is which emulator is used - though labeled "palette" ;/

> > > IIRC the VT100 series were *physically* a B&W display.
> >
> >    no, phosphors were white, green and amber.
>
> He probably meant monochrome.

When I was a T.V. service tech back in '62, *EVERYBODY* referred to 
"black and white televisions".