can't figure out how to change the color of the highlighted text when you paste something into terminal.

[goromaru]

really didn't wanna create a post for this but i couldn't find any already made for it.... but yeah, that's basically it. also manual highlighting

[die.boer]

really didn't wanna create a post for this but i couldn't find any already made for it.... but yeah, that's basically it. also manual highlighting

you don't give any details,like what terminal? i will assume Konsole?
you can try going to Konsole's settings - edit current profile - appearance - edit colors tabs - change selection background
not sure if that is what you going for?

[goromaru]

you don't give any details,like what terminal? i will assume Konsole?
you can try going to Konsole's settings - edit current profile - appearance - edit colors tabs - change selection background
not sure if that is what you going for?

yeah, konsole, sorry.
i tried looking for the selection background option there lots of times but i don't seem to have it. i only have options for 'foreground', 'background', and 'color1-8'. i tried changing all of them to test if it'd work, especially the 'foreground' and 'background' options, but the highlight color seems to stay static.
if there's a more direct way i can configure this, i'd be eager to know

[die.boer]

yeah, konsole, sorry.
i tried looking for the selection background option there lots of times but i don't seem to have it. i only have options for 'foreground', 'background', and 'color1-8'. i tried changing all of them to test if it'd work, especially the 'foreground' and 'background' options, but the highlight color seems to stay static.
if there's a more direct way i can configure this, i'd be eager to know

ok tried to play around with Konsole settings ect. seems i can't find it either , so i'm at a lost too now lol

[jlittle]

What you are asking is not simple. For konsole to show colour there have to be ANSI escape sequences, and the normal paste mechanism with konsole only pastes plain text, even when the selected text is coloured. For example, If I select your .sig and paste it into a konsole, I don't get the colour. Many apps work like that, such as kate or vim.

If you really want colour in a konsole, here's an example of using escape sequences,

csi=$'\e['
red=${csi}31m
reset=${csi}0m
echo "${red}lorem ipsum${reset} dolor sit amet"