vercel / vercel/hyper

Convenient way to change background or theme for a particular window/tab

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Description

Its pretty common to use colour to help distinguish terminal sessions - for example based on remote host logged into, whether its a root session etc. Whilst its easy to find ways to rename tabs in hyper, there is no obvious way to change background colour or theme for a particular session.

Even xterm lets me do this at startup
xterm -fg white -bg red

In konsole, I can switch to a different profile from the context menu.

  • A clear and concise description of what you want to happen.
    A command line option that can override the theme in the global config for a specific window instance
    A hook/command that can change the theme, or elements of the theme for the current tab/window instance

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Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by reviewing how Hyper handles global themes and the lifecycle of windows and tabs, then determine where per-instance configuration could fit. Done would be a clearly defined and working way to override a session's background or theme without changing the global configuration.

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Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
cli, desktop
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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