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RE: cygwin-xfree Digest - How do I change colours in Xterm etc.
- From: "Baksik, Frederick (NM75)" <frederick dot baksik at honeywell dot com>
- To: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2005 13:03:47 -0700
- Subject: RE: cygwin-xfree Digest - How do I change colours in Xterm etc.
- Reply-to: cygwin-xfree at cygwin dot com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]
On Behalf Of > > mrdna@eircom.net
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:23 PM
> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
> Subject: Re: cygwin-xfree Digest - How do I change colours in Xterm etc.
>
>
> Thanks. That works in .Xdefaults. I must have been doing something wrong.
Even though the colours > are right I get strange messages when I open a new
xterm (typing "xterm&" or "xterm") though. Like > this:
>
> " is not defineding: Color name "black
> " to type Booleanonvert string "false
> " to type Intot convert string "10
> " to type Booleanonvert string "true
> " is not definedame "green4
> " is not definedame "#00E000
>
> - Liam.
I get these same errors if the .Xdefaults file happens to be in DOS ( LF/CR
) format and not Unix ( LF ) format.
> - Original Message:
>
> Hi, Here are the settings I've used in .Xdefaults:
> XTerm*background: black
> XTerm*foreground: orchid3
> XTerm*internalBorder: 10
>
> !This is for fixing the backspace not to do ^H but ^?
> XTerm.*.backarrowKey: false
>
> !This is for double clicking
> XTerm*charClass: 33:48,35:48,37:48,43:48,45-47:48,64:48,95:48,126:48
>
> XTerm*cursorBlink: true
> XTerm*cursorColor: green4
> XTerm*pointerColor: green4
>
> !The default blue is too dark on my monitor
> XTerm*color4: blue1
>
>
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