On Thu, Mar 21, 2002 at 07:01:52PM -0300, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hello, > > how can I change the default colors for xterm?. I need that the command > "xterm" open a xterminal with the desired colors, instead using "xterm -bg > color", for example. I didn't find this information in the man pages. > > [...]
Quick solution: Edit ~/.Xresources XTerm*background: color_of_your_choice XTerm*foreground: color_of_your_choice Read /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt which contains lots of possible color-names. Kind regards, Andreas