I run all my xterms from the fvwm menu or the buttons so my lines look like
this ""xterm" Exec exec xterm -fg lightgrey -bg black -sb &"
You are correct in saying that .Xdefaults should handle this I'm not sure
why it wouldn't, I use .Xdefaults to configure knews. Tell me what you
find.
On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Jean-Paul LACHARME wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I use fvwm2, and it works without real problem. Lots of desktop features are
>designed within .fvwm2rc. In other systems, some X local features are designed
>within a .Xdefaults file. I did not find any global template for .Xdefaults in
>Debian. Nevertheles
s, I wonder if creating such a file can be avoided when using X through fvwm2.
I confess that I have not a clear idea of which configures what. I suppose that
.Xdefaults is just fit for raw X commands and .fvwm2rc for the upper graphic
layer, but it helps
little.
>
>For example, it has been said that running a color Xterm (which is very
>convenient) needs only to add the line 'Xterm*customization: -color'. OK. So,
>I created a .Xdefaults file into my home directory with this single line, but
>this was without any effe
ct (in fact, I expected no more. Things are more complex).
>
>I did not even success to change the default shinning white background of the
>xterm windows (pity for my eyes !). I performed a grep white command on the
>config files, but it gave me nothing.
>
>Has somebody some ideas about it ?
>
>Regards,
>
>JP L
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