Sugar-Control-Panel

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The Sugar Control Panel command can be used from the Terminal Activity to change certain system settings.

To view all Sugar Control Panel options type:

   sugar-control-panel -l

Change Nickname

To view the current nickname for your XO type:

   sugar-control-panel -g nick

To change the nickname type:

   sugar-control-panel -s nick "My New Nickname" 

Note: some characters should not be used in the nickname as them may prevent Sugar from loading properly after you've changed the name. Such characters to avoid include -(minus sign), ... bad nickname recovery help.

Change Color

To change the color of the XO symbol at the center of your Home View, launch the [[Terminal activity]]

At the prompt, type just one of the following example commands:

   sugar-control-panel -s color <outline color> <interior color>' <outline shade> <interior shade>   (press "Enter")

The first color you specify will apply to the XO figure's outline. The second color will apply to the XO figure's interior color.

The optional shade values ma be light, medium. or dark. They specify the darkness of the outline and interior color respectively.

To ensure that the color scheme you choose is readable when the display is in monochrome mode, the outline and internal light/medium/dark values can not be the same. If you try to make them the same, they will be silently set to be different.

Restart Sugar by pressing these 3 keys at once: Ctrl-Alt-Erase.

Bonus: a few extra tips on running sugar-control-panel.