You're on target. Here's a sample of my ~/.Xresources copied from the sample Xdefaults that comes with Xemacs.
Emacs.default.attributeBackground: white Emacs.default.attributeForeground: black The default Debian setup wants it named .Xresources (as opposed to .Xdefaults). -- +----------------------------------------------------+ | Eric G. Miller egm2@jps.net | | GnuPG public key: http://www.jps.net/egm2/gpg.asc | +----------------------------------------------------+
