xterm pointer color

Jack Tanner ihok@hotmail.com
Mon Oct 17 14:46:00 GMT 2005


Reid Thompson wrote:
> Jack Tanner wrote:
> 
>>startxwin.bat invokes xterm with the -ms red switch, which sets the
>>(mouse) pointer color to red. Is it possible to specify the
>>same value using a resource in .Xdefaults?
>>
>>$ xterm -version
>>Cygwin 6.8.2.0(202)
> 
> 
> Rxvt.cursorColor:red
> xterm.cursorColor:red
> 
> or
> *.cursorColor:red

Actually, I now realize I was asking about pointerColor, but thanks for 
pointing me in the right direction. (cursorColor is for the text cursor.)

Thomas Dickey, if you happen to catch this thread, please consider 
changing the manpage for xterm so that the -ms switch refers to the 
pointerColor resource.


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