Linda Walsh wrote: [snip] > I'm trying to setup defaults for xterm. > > I "thought" I could put resource values in "~/.Xdefaults" (also tried > ~/.Xrdb), and tried the "xrdb" command with .Xdefaults as a param. > xrdb -query properly displays current contents of the file if > I rerun xrdb .Xdefaults.
~/.Xdefaults works fine. > I "thought" I could put in things like > <xprogram>.resourcename: value, or for xterm > xterm.background: black > xterm.foreground: white Looks good, I only have global and rxvt changes: ! Rxvt defaults ! Global *font: "Lucida Console-*-12" *font1: "Lucida Console-*-14" *font2: "Lucida Console-*-16" *saveLines: 1500 *termName: cygwin *scrollBar_right: True *geometry: 80x24 *loginShell: True ! Default Rxvt.background: SteelBlue Rxvt.foreground: White Rxvt.colorBD: Blue Rxvt.colorUL: Red Rxvt.cursorColor: Yellow > --- > I've tried "XTerm" and "Xterm" as variations but > each time I start xterm, it's not picking up my desired > defaults. Don't know what's going on here. [snip] > Is this "easily" doable? Am I on a "right track" somewhere? Or could > someone give pointer? (or even to the doc where I *should* have found > the answer I was looking for). Installing Cygwin/X does leave a menu group on your Programs list, called Cygwin-X, just look at the properties of any entry... and yes, xterm is already there. Perhaps it was in a separate package, not just installing X. -- René Berber -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
