On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 03:39:28PM -0500, cothrige wrote: > Jan Willem Stumpel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Jamie Griffin wrote: > >> Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > >>> You can edit a text file called .Xresources in your home > >>> directory (or create it if it does not exist). > >>> > >>> Put the following lines in the file: > >>> > >>> xterm*VT100*foreground: green > >>> xterm*VT100*background: black > >>> xterm*VT100*cursorColor: red > > > >> I've tried that and it hasn't worked. Not sure what to try next > >> - does anyone have any other ideas? > > > > This definitely *should* work. If it does not work something weird > > is the matter. Are you sure your terminal program is xterm? For > > instance, do you see the "VT Fonts" menu if you do a > > control-rightclick in the terminal window? > > > > Regards, Jan > > I missed some of this thread, so this may not be applicable in the above > case for some reason. But, assuming that the desire is to change the > values for any xterm, I have used one of the following formats in > .Xresources or .Xdefaults, and one or the other has always worked: > > xterm*background: black > > or: > > XTerm.background: black > > Maybe this will help the OP. > > Patrick > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ok. Still no luck with any of the suggesstions made.
It is definately an xterm - yes i do see the VT Fonts menu when i do a ctrl > right-click. even when i do 'xtermset -fg green -bg black -cr blue' i get command not found. So far i've edited the file: /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color and created the files, as suggessted, ~/.Xdefaults and ~/.Xresources but nothing has had any effect. It's not a major issue but i am curious now and kinda would like to find out how to do this. Any other ideas guys? Jamie -- Jamie key 3AD8F62B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]