Make gedit embedded terminal colours the same as the default terminal

1. Make sure you have the following packages installed:

   • dconf-tools

   • gconf-editor

2. Open up gconf-editor and navigate to apps ➜ gnome-terminal and select a profile:

   

3. Now open up dconf-editor and navigate to org ➜ gnome ➜ gedit ➜ plugins ➜ terminal and uncheck the use-theme-colors key:

   

4. From gconf-editor, copy the values of the

   • background-color
   • foreground-color
   • palette

   over to the corresponding keys in dconf-editor. The embedded terminal should now match a regular gnome-terminal.

   

This is for gedit 3

Same problem here white on light gray.

I manually edited /usr/lib/gedit/plugins/terminal.py. Terminal used is xterm.

Search for:

fg = context.get_color(Gtk.StateFlags.NORMAL)
bg = context.get_background_color(Gtk.StateFlags.NORMAL)

I replace with

fg = Gdk.RGBA(0, 0, 0, 1)
bg = Gdk.RGBA(1, 1, 1, 1)

Info: fg = black text, bg = white background

Make sure you haven't ticked Use colors from system theme then it should work: