Termite colors not being applied

[JackyFWong]

Hello, I apologize in advance if I'm missing something obvious.
I'm using Termite and I'm trying to set the colors for it via wpgtk. I've already done this but that flashes the old colors I had with pywal before I switched to wpgtk.

I've added a template for termite, and I think it's being applied correctly, as the hex values in the wpgtk GUI are the same as that in my termite .config.

Is it possible to avoid the flashing of colors when I open a new terminal?

[deviantfero]

I've not used termite in a long time, if you are loading the colors onto a configuration file via wpgtk's templates I can think of two things that might be wrong:

1. you still have (cat ~/.cache/sequences &) around there in your .[shell]rc
2. because you're using a wpgtk template, you might not need (cat ~/.config/wpg/sequences &) at all, since active terminals receive the colors and terminals opened after that just load the modified config file.

please let me know if you were missing any of these considerations or if the problem lies elsewhere

[JackyFWong]

I did have the cat ~/.cache/sequences &) in my .zshrc, I completely glossed over that, thank you. However, now the color Termite flashes is a light gray one (not the old colors from pywal), regardless if I change the wallpaper via wpgtk.

If I remove (cat ~/.config/wpg/sequences &) from my .zshrc, the color does not flash back to what wpgtk set (it stays gray). I'll keep looking; my dotfiles are a mess, which is probably why this is happening.

[deviantfero]

Hi I finally installed termite, they way I got it to work is by adding (cat ~/.config/wpg/sequences &) a dedicated template is not necessary for this terminal, the correct colors load up instantly, using termite v14.

[JackyFWong]

I just tried removing the termite template and keeping the (cat ~/.config/wpg/sequences &), but termite still flashes colors.

I have a question: where does wpgtk edit the colors for, say termite? I've included a screenshot of my wpgtk colors and my ~/.config/termite/config but the colors are not the same. You can see, however, that the colors for the termite and wpgtk are "correct" (aside from the flashing still occurring when opening termite).

[deviantfero]

if you're still having that issue, you can try to add ~/.config/termite/config as a template to wpgtk using the UI tab Templates, or the command: wpg -xa ~/.config/termite/config, then you can go to the Templates tab where you can add keywords like the ones detailed here:

https://github.com/deviantfero/wpgtk/wiki/Templates

this will replace the keywords that you place and automatically copy them over to the original location each time you change your colorscheme, try that and maybe you can improve the situation.

[JackyFWong]

I think I've figured it out. My termite config has a line where I set the background color: background = rgba(63, 63, 63, 0.8). Removing this from my template, my terminal window is set correctly immediately, I'm assuming because of (cat ~/.config/wpg/sequences &).

Now, I used the background = rgba(63, 63, 63, 0.8) in order to set a transparency effect. Is there any way I can turn, for example, <COLOR0> to RGB values so I can continue to have transparency, or is that something I have to configure elsewhere?

Edit: I can't change the transparency with compton and editing its config file because it does not distinguish between text and background...

[deviantfero]

hi @JackyFWong , sorry for taking so long, the new update does allow you to do that, check #125 for more details.

tho you will have to update your template files, they're the same as pywal now, so you could do {color8.rgba}, adjusting your alpha in the configuration tab of wpgtk for the desired value.

I'll keep this issue open just in case, please let me know if it worked

[JackyFWong]

Hi, I recently had time to update wpgtk and the templates. It works great now! Fantastic update.

[deviantfero]

glad to hear you liked it!