Thanks Robbie, but it doesn't appear that editres is the answer. I can change the color or turn it on/off, but unless I'm missing something I can't seem to change the type of scroll bar.
I like your idea about editing Netscape though. I'll try it later. John > From: Robbie Huffman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: scroll bar resource? > To: John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2005 at 08:03:47PM -0500, John wrote: > > > > My question is where is the configuration for the scrollbar coming from? > > Is there a package that I haven't loaded that controls this? I'd sure > > like to be able to have the hamm scroll bars in slink. > > Hmmm...try /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm or your > ~/.Xdefaults. > Use the editres program to play with these settings and make > sense of the > gibberish in the files you look at. It can be a lot of fun > playing with > editres (use it with Netscape, too). For a quick > run-through: > > 1)start editres > 2)Do "commands...get tree" > 3)Click on an xterm window > 4)Click on the "vt100" box > 5)Click "commands...show resource box" > 6)Click on "background" > 6)Enter a color name in the text field > 7)Click "apply" > > Neat-o, eh? > > You'll find fields corresponding to the configuration of the > scroll bar. > I'm not sure that will make the change you're looking for > (the bars may > indicate a compiled-in difference). But give it a try! I > widened my Netscape > scrollbars this way. > > Robbie
