How to get current text hiliteColor in Linux?

[Warren Samples]

On Tue, 2011-02-01 at 17:14 -0600, Warren Samples wrote: 
> On Tue, 2011-02-01 at 16:57 -0600, Warren Samples wrote: 
> > On Tue, 2011-02-01 at 16:33 -0600, Warren Samples wrote: 
> > > On Tue, 2011-02-01 at 11:53 -0800, Jim Lambert wrote: 
> > > > Richard wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Currently the LiveCode engine uses the Windows hiliteColor when 
> > > > > selecting text, ignoring whatever highlight color may be in use by the 
> > > > > current theme.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Is there a shell query I can run to determine the current text highlight 
> > > > > color?
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > There probably is a shell query, but if there isn't, you might possibly programmatically select some text on a white background then use mouseColor to sniff out the hiliteColor.
> > > > 
> > > > Or pixelColorAt(x,y), if we ever get it! ;)
> > > > 
> > > > Jim Lambert
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Richard,
> > > 
> > > It probably will depend on what desktop environment the user is running,
> > > but try searching GConf and gconftool. This may turn up your answer for
> > > Gnome. I would also ask in Linux forums, where you will probably have
> > > better luck getting a definitive answer or set of answers. (But if you
> > > find out, please share - it's ugly hyperlink blue here in Mint!)
> > > 
> > > Good luck,
> > > 
> > > Warren 
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > here's a link that might be helpful:
> > 
> > http://projects.gnome.org/gconf/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> In fact, run the command found on the page linked to in the previous
> post:
> 
> 'gconftool-2 -R /desktop/gnome'
> 
> Scroll down a bit and you should come to entries like this:
> 
>   gtk_color_scheme = fg_color:#3d3d3d3d3d3d
> bg_color:#e0e0deded3d3
> text_color:#c7c7c7c7c7c7
> base_color:#3c3c3b3b3737
> selected_fg_color:#3d3d3d3d3d3d
> selected_bg_color:#d0d0d9d9d3d3
> tooltip_fg_color:#ffffffffffff
> tooltip_bg_color:#2e2e2d2d2a2a
> 
> 
> Those might be what you need.
> 
> Hope this helps :)
> 
> Warren
> 


Richard,

Try this in your terminal:

'gconftool-2 -g /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_color_scheme'




Here's what it gives me:

warren at mint-i7 ~ $ gconftool-2
-g /desktop/gnome/interface/gtk_color_scheme
fg_color:#3d3d3d3d3d3d
bg_color:#e0e0deded3d3
text_color:#c7c7c7c7c7c7
base_color:#3c3c3b3b3737
selected_fg_color:#3d3d3d3d3d3d
selected_bg_color:#d0d0d9d9d3d3
tooltip_fg_color:#ffffffffffff
tooltip_bg_color:#2e2e2d2d2a2a