(n00b question) How does one activate the scrollbar in an xterm?

Philip H. Schlesinger pschlesi@uci.edu
Thu Apr 6 23:36:00 GMT 2006


Thanks!  That did it! :) - Phil

Reid Thompson wrote:
> Soong, SylokeJ wrote:
>> I have not done this with cygwin-x before,
>> but I do it with my sun solaris.
>>
>> Create .Xdefaults at home directory if does not already exists.
>> google or man xterm should tell you more.
>> Enter/append lines similar to these:
>>
>> xterm*scrollBar: true
>> xterm*saveLines: 4000
>> xterm*cursorColor: Red
>> xterm*pointerColor: Blue
>> xterm*borderColor: Red
>>
>>   
> alternatively invoke the xterm with the pertinent command line 
> parameters...
> 
> xterm --help
> ......
> 
> 
> xterm -sb -sl 2500 -sr ----etc, etc, etc
> 
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