Philippe Troin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 25 Mar 1997 21:05:00 +0100 Christian Groeling > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > how can I switch on the colors in a XTerm under the > > Debian 1.2.4 release? > > Add: > *customization: -color > to the system-wide /etc/X11/Xresources, or to your .Xresources > > Phil. >
And don't forget to make sure that these resources are merged from your ~/.xinitrc, because it won't be done automatically! (See man pages for xinit and xstart.) $ head -12 ~/.xinitrc #! /bin/sh # First merge global resources if [ -f /etc/X11/Xresources ] ; then xrdb -merge /etc/X11/Xresources fi # Now local resources if [ -f ~/.Xresources ] ; then xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources fi Graeme -- | Graeme A Stewart, pgp public key finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Key fingerprint = AF C7 BF A4 52 D5 3C 3B 17 A5 62 43 DA 15 E8 97 | | "Keep a good head, and always carry a lightbulb." Dylan |