Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Ian Lee <ian@×××××××××××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Change colours of xterm
Date: Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:16:25
Message-Id: 498EDB26.7050702@leehouse.eclipse.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Change colours of xterm by Mike Kazantsev
1 Mike Kazantsev wrote:
2 > On Sat, 07 Feb 2009 17:57:18 +0000
3 > Ian Lee <ian@×××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote:
4 >
5 >> but still no white on black xterm, what am I missing??
6 >
7 > You can try putting
8 >
9 > XTerm*background: #001800
10 > XTerm*foreground: #A8A8A8
11 >
12 > to ~/.Xresources
13 > WFM
14 >
15
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17 Thanks that worked.
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20 I got finally got a system config rather than user config working
21 (not that i needed a system config)
22
23 /etc/X11/Xresources:
24 add
25
26 *customization: -color
27
28
29 /etc/env.d/10xpaths:
30 change
31 XFILESEARCHPATH=/etc/X11/%T/%N:/usr/share/X11/%T/%N
32 to
33 XFILESEARCHPATH=/etc/X11/%T/%N%C:/usr/share/X11/%T/%N%C
34
35 /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color now works.