Re: changing xterm colors [solved]

2008-05-30 Thread Michael Shuler
On 05/30/2008 07:31 AM, Jamie Griffin wrote: whilst i've got this sorted, presumably there is a way to make these changes system-wide - how would i do that? /etc/X11/Xsession defines the system-wide and user Xresources locations, and /etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources will run all the

Re: changing xterm colors [solved]

2008-05-30 Thread Jamie Griffin
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:44:49PM +0100, Jamie Griffin wrote: > Ok, i checked /etc/X11/Xsession.options and the line > 'allow-user-resources' was there. > > I installed xtermset using apt which enabled me to change the colors > from the command-line as suggested earlier, so that works :-) > > I

Re: changing xterm colors [solved]

2008-05-30 Thread Jamie Griffin
On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 12:32:29AM -, Cameron Hutchison wrote: > Or it could be that the line: > allow-user-resources > > is not no /etc/X11/Xsession.options. > > The .Xresources file will only be loaded if that option is present. > > To test if your .Xresources are working without logging o

Re: changing xterm colors

2008-05-30 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 30 May 2008, Jamie Griffin wrote: > [snip] > even when i do 'xtermset -fg green -bg black -cr blue' i get command not > found. > [snip] You need to install xtermset explicitly -- it's a deb package. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GN

Re: changing xterm colors

2008-05-29 Thread Cameron Hutchison
Jan Willem Stumpel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Jamie Griffin wrote: >> Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: >>> You can edit a text file called .Xresources in your home >>> directory (or create it if it does not exist). >>> >>> Put the following lines in the file: >>> >>> xterm*VT100*foreground: green >>>

Re: changing xterm colors

2008-05-29 Thread Jamie Griffin
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 03:39:28PM -0500, cothrige wrote: > Jan Willem Stumpel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Jamie Griffin wrote: > >> Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > >>> You can edit a text file called .Xresources in your home > >>> directory (or create it if it does not exist). > >>> > >>> Put t

Re: changing xterm colors

2008-05-29 Thread cothrige
Jan Willem Stumpel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Jamie Griffin wrote: >> Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: >>> You can edit a text file called .Xresources in your home >>> directory (or create it if it does not exist). >>> >>> Put the following lines in the file: >>> >>> xterm*VT100*foreground: green >>>

Re: changing xterm colors

2008-05-29 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
Jamie Griffin wrote: > Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: >> You can edit a text file called .Xresources in your home >> directory (or create it if it does not exist). >> >> Put the following lines in the file: >> >> xterm*VT100*foreground: green >> xterm*VT100*background: black >> xterm*VT100*cursorColor

Re: changing xterm colors

2008-05-29 Thread Sjoerd Hiemstra
Op Thu, 29 May 2008 18:51:43 +0100 Jamie Griffin wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 02:54:51PM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > > You can edit a text file called .Xresources in your home directory > > (or create it if it does not exist). > > > > Put the following lines in the file: > > > > xterm*

Re: changing xterm colors

2008-05-29 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 29 May 2008, Jamie Griffin wrote: > On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 02:54:51PM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > > You can edit a text file called .Xresources in your home directory > > (or create it if it does not exist). > > > > Put the following lines in the file: > > > > xterm*VT100*foreground:

Re: changing xterm colors

2008-05-29 Thread Jamie Griffin
On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 02:54:51PM +0200, Jan Willem Stumpel wrote: > You can edit a text file called .Xresources in your home directory > (or create it if it does not exist). > > Put the following lines in the file: > > xterm*VT100*foreground: green > xterm*VT100*background: black > xterm*VT10

Re: changing xterm colors

2008-05-29 Thread Jan Willem Stumpel
Jamie Griffin wrote: > I've been trying to change the colors on my Xterm to have a > black background and green text. You can edit a text file called .Xresources in your home directory (or create it if it does not exist). Put the following lines in the file: xterm*VT100*foreground: green xterm*