Qubes-Community-Content/docs/customization/terminal-defaults.md
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# Setting default terminal settings for a TemplateVM
When you create a VM based on a TemplateVM, the `gnome-terminal` settings (font, color) are not inherited by default. This document describes how to set terminal defaults for all VMs *subsequently* created off a TemplateVM.
(Previously-created VMs are unaffected.)
This document only applies to `gnome-terminal` (the standard terminal)
and not XTerm, etc.
Thanks to `unman` on qubes-users for explaining how to do this.
## Define your defaults
In dom0:
`qvm-run MYTEMPLATE gnome-terminal`
In the terminal that pops up, adjust settings to your liking.
## Save settings template-wide
In the templateVM's terminal:
```
sudo mkdir -p /etc/skel/.config/dconf
sudo cp ~/.config/dconf/user /etc/skel/.config/dconf/
sudo reboot
```
Subsequently-created VMs should now use the chosen settings by default.