This is a small sheel scripts that uses zenity to show a dialog that lets you choose the profile you want to use before launching a GNOME terminal window.
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12 PROFILES=`gconftool-2 --all-dirs /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles`
13 LIST=""
14 for p in $PROFILES; do
15 p=`basename $p`
16 LIST="$LIST FALSE $p "
17 done
18 choosen=`zenity --title "GNOME Terminal" --window-icon /usr/share/icons/gnome/scalable/apps/gnome-terminal.svg --text "Choose one from available profiles:" --list --radiolist --column "" --column "Profiles" $LIST`
19 gnome-terminal --window-with-profile=$choosen &
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