cygwin-xfree Digest - How do I change colours in Xterm etc.

[Thomas Dickey]

On Wed, 29 Jun 2005, Baksik, Frederick (NM75) wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-xfree-owner@cygwin.com]
> On Behalf Of > > mrdna@eircom.net
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 1:23 PM
>> To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com
>> Subject: Re: cygwin-xfree Digest - How do I change colours in Xterm etc.
>>
>>
>> Thanks. That works in .Xdefaults. I must have been doing something wrong.
> Even though the colours > are right I get strange messages when I open a new
> xterm (typing "xterm&" or "xterm") though. Like > this:

perhaps your .Xdefaults has cr/lf line-endings rather than lf-endings.

>>
>> " is not defineding: Color name "black
>> " to type Booleanonvert string "false
>> " to type Intot convert string "10
>> " to type Booleanonvert string "true
>> " is not definedame "green4
>> " is not definedame "#00E000
>>
>> - Liam.
>
> I get these same errors if the .Xdefaults file happens to be in DOS ( LF/CR
> ) format and not Unix ( LF ) format.
>
>> - Original Message:
>>
>> Hi, Here are the settings I've used in .Xdefaults:
>> XTerm*background: black
>> XTerm*foreground: orchid3
>> XTerm*internalBorder: 10
>>
>> !This is for fixing the backspace not to do ^H but ^?
>> XTerm.*.backarrowKey: false
>>
>> !This is for double clicking
>> XTerm*charClass: 33:48,35:48,37:48,43:48,45-47:48,64:48,95:48,126:48
>>
>> XTerm*cursorBlink: true
>> XTerm*cursorColor: green4
>> XTerm*pointerColor: green4
>>
>> !The default blue is too dark on my monitor
>> XTerm*color4: blue1
>>
>>
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