Configure Solarized (http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized) in Gnome Terminal 3.8

solarize_gnome_terminal

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
#
# Configure Solarized (http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized) in
# Gnome Terminal 3.8
#
# Hacked away in a lazy summer afternoon by http://ignacio.torresmasdeu.name/

profile_dir="/org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles"
default_profile=`gsettings get org.gnome.Terminal.ProfilesList default`.strip.delete("'")

s = {
  :base03  => '#00002B2B3636',
  :base02  => '#070736364242',
  :base01  => '#58586e6e7575',
  :base00  => '#65657b7b8383',
  :base0   => '#838394949696',
  :base1   => '#9393a1a1a1a1',
  :base2   => '#EEEEE8E8D5D5',
  :base3   => '#fdfdf6f6e3e3',

  :yellow  => '#B5B589890000',
  :orange  => '#CBCB4B4B1616',
  :red     => '#DCDC32322F2F',
  :magenta => '#D3D336368282',
  :violet  => '#6C6C7171C4C4',
  :blue    => '#26268B8BD2D2',
  :cyan    => '#2A2AA1A19898',
  :green   => '#858599990000',
}

themes = {
  :dark => {
    :bg => s[:base03],
    :fg => s[:base0],
    :bd => s[:base1],
    :p  => [
        s[:base02],
        s[:red],
        s[:green],
        s[:yellow],
        s[:blue],
        s[:magenta],
        s[:cyan],
        s[:base2],
        s[:base03],
        s[:orange],
        s[:base01],
        s[:base00],
        s[:base0],
        s[:violet],
        s[:base1],
        s[:base3],
    ]
  },
  :light => {
    :bg => s[:base3],
    :fg => s[:base00],
    :bd => s[:base01],
    :p  => [
        s[:base2],
        s[:red],
        s[:green],
        s[:yellow],
        s[:blue],
        s[:magenta],
        s[:cyan],
        s[:base02],
        s[:base3],
        s[:orange],
        s[:base1],
        s[:base0],
        s[:base00],
        s[:violet],
        s[:base01],
        s[:base03],
    ]
  },
}


theme=ARGV.shift
if theme==nil or not themes.has_key?(theme.intern)
  puts "Usage: " << __FILE__ << " <dark|light>"
  exit
end
theme=theme.intern

palette=%Q([#{ themes[theme][:p].map { |c| %Q('#{c}') }.join(',') }])

profile_path="#{profile_dir}:/:#{default_profile}"
keys = [
  %Q(dconf write #{profile_path}/bold-color "'#{themes[theme][:bd]}'"),
  %Q(dconf write #{profile_path}/background-color "'#{themes[theme][:bg]}'"),
  %Q(dconf write #{profile_path}/foreground-color "'#{themes[theme][:fg]}'"),
  %Q(dconf write #{profile_path}/palette "#{palette}"),
  %Q(dconf write #{profile_path}/use-theme-colors "false"),
  %Q(dconf write #{profile_path}/bold-color-same-as-fg "false"),
  %Q(dconf write #{profile_path}/use-system-font "false"),
  %Q(dconf write #{profile_path}/font "'Liberation Mono 8'")
]
keys.each {|k|
  puts k if ENV['DEBUG']
  %x(#{k})
}