will trillich wrote:
Without reading lots of manuals, all i can suggest is trying theOn Fri, Jan 03, 2003 at 07:46:02PM +1100, Russell wrote:If you press Ctrl + mouse button (1,2,3 or whatever) over an xterm, you can change various settings and fonts and make the home and end keys work etc...when i do this (woody, using gnome with sawfish) control-click thing i get a menu, but the background is a white-to-light-gray vignette (top-to-bottom) and the text is white! very hard to read. for the rest of my environment (desktop-click, for example) i get black text and all is delightfully readable. but not for xterm popup menus. how do i change those specs?
same /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm as i have:
! $Xorg: XTerm.ad,v 1.3 2000/08/17 19:55:08 cpqbld Exp $
!
!
!
!
! $XFree86: xc/programs/xterm/XTerm.ad,v 3.21 2001/10/08 01:08:10 dickey Exp $
XTerm.JoinSession:False
*SimpleMenu*BackingStore: NotUseful
*SimpleMenu*menuLabel.font: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*
*SimpleMenu*menuLabel.vertSpace: 100
*SimpleMenu*HorizontalMargins: 16
*SimpleMenu*Sme.height: 16
*SimpleMenu*Cursor: left_ptr
*mainMenu.Label: Main Options
*mainMenu*securekbd*Label: Secure Keyboard
*mainMenu*allowsends*Label: Allow SendEvents
*mainMenu*logging*Label: Log to File
*mainMenu*print*Label: Print Window
*mainMenu*redraw*Label: Redraw Window
*mainMenu*8-bit control*Label: 8-Bit Controls
*mainMenu*backarrow key*Label: Backarrow Key (BS/DEL)
*mainMenu*num-lock*Label: Alt/NumLock Modifiers
*mainMenu*meta-esc*Label: Meta Sends Escape
*mainMenu*delete-is-del*Label: Delete is DEL
*mainMenu*oldFunctionKeys*Label: Old Function-Keys
*mainMenu*sunFunctionKeys*Label: Sun Function-Keys
*mainMenu*sunKeyboard*Label: VT220 Keyboard
*mainMenu*hpFunctionKeys*Label: HP Function-Keys
*mainMenu*scoFunctionKeys*Label: SCO Function-Keys
*mainMenu*suspend*Label: Send STOP Signal
*mainMenu*continue*Label: Send CONT Signal
*mainMenu*interrupt*Label: Send INT Signal
*mainMenu*hangup*Label: Send HUP Signal
*mainMenu*terminate*Label: Send TERM Signal
*mainMenu*kill*Label: Send KILL Signal
*mainMenu*quit*Label: Quit
*vtMenu.Label: VT Options
*vtMenu*scrollbar*Label: Enable Scrollbar
*vtMenu*jumpscroll*Label: Enable Jump Scroll
*vtMenu*reversevideo*Label: Enable Reverse Video
*vtMenu*autowrap*Label: Enable Auto Wraparound
*vtMenu*reversewrap*Label: Enable Reverse Wraparound
*vtMenu*autolinefeed*Label: Enable Auto Linefeed
*vtMenu*appcursor*Label: Enable Application Cursor Keys
*vtMenu*appkeypad*Label: Enable Application Keypad
*vtMenu*scrollkey*Label: Scroll to Bottom on Key Press
*vtMenu*scrollttyoutput*Label: Scroll to Bottom on Tty Output
*vtMenu*allow132*Label: Allow 80/132 Column Switching
*vtMenu*cursesemul*Label: Enable Curses Emulation
*vtMenu*visualbell*Label: Enable Visual Bell
*vtMenu*poponbell*Label: Enable Pop on Bell
*vtMenu*marginbell*Label: Enable Margin Bell
*vtMenu*cursorblink*Label: Enable Blinking Cursor
*vtMenu*titeInhibit*Label: Enable Alternate Screen Switching
*vtMenu*activeicon*Label: Enable Active Icon
*vtMenu*softreset*Label: Do Soft Reset
*vtMenu*hardreset*Label: Do Full Reset
*vtMenu*clearsavedlines*Label: Reset and Clear Saved Lines
*vtMenu*tekshow*Label: Show Tek Window
*vtMenu*tekmode*Label: Switch to Tek Mode
*vtMenu*vthide*Label: Hide VT Window
*vtMenu*altscreen*Label: Show Alternate Screen
*fontMenu.Label: VT Fonts
*fontMenu*fontdefault*Label: Default
*fontMenu*font1*Label: Unreadable
*VT100*font1: nil2
*IconFont: nil2
*fontMenu*font2*Label: Tiny
*VT100*font2: 5x7
*fontMenu*font3*Label: Small
*VT100*font3: 6x10
*fontMenu*font4*Label: Medium
*VT100*font4: 7x13
*fontMenu*font5*Label: Large
*VT100*font5: 9x15
*fontMenu*font6*Label: Huge
*VT100*font6: 10x20
*fontMenu*fontescape*Label: Escape Sequence
*fontMenu*fontsel*Label: Selection
!fontescape and fontsel overridden by application
*fontMenu*font-linedrawing*Label: Line-Drawing Characters
*fontMenu*font-doublesize*Label: Doublesized Characters
*fontMenu*font-loadable*Label: VT220 Soft Fonts
*tekMenu.Label: Tek Options
*tekMenu*tektextlarge*Label: Large Characters
*tekMenu*tektext2*Label: #2 Size Characters
*tekMenu*tektext3*Label: #3 Size Characters
*tekMenu*tektextsmall*Label: Small Characters
*tekMenu*tekpage*Label: PAGE
*tekMenu*tekreset*Label: RESET
*tekMenu*tekcopy*Label: COPY
*tekMenu*vtshow*Label: Show VT Window
*tekMenu*vtmode*Label: Switch to VT Mode
*tekMenu*tekhide*Label: Hide Tek Window
*tek4014*fontLarge: 9x15
*tek4014*font2: 8x13
*tek4014*font3: 6x13
*tek4014*fontSmall: 6x10
*backarrowKeyIsErase: true
*ptyInitialErase: true
My /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color is:
! $XFree86: xc/programs/xterm/XTerm-col.ad,v 3.0 1995/09/17 06:33:11 dawes Exp $
#include "XTerm"
*VT100*colorMode: on
*VT100*boldColors: on
*VT100*dynamicColors: on
*VT100*foreground: gray90
*VT100*background: black
! Uncomment this to use color for underline attribute
!*VT100*colorULMode: on
!*VT100*underLine: off
! Uncomment this to use color for the bold attribute
!*VT100*colorBDMode: on
! Uncomment this to use the bold/underline colors in preference to other colors
!*VT100*colorAttrMode: on
*VT100*color0: black
!red
*VT100*color1: #800000
!green
*VT100*color2: #008000
!yellow
*VT100*color3: #808000
!blue
*VT100*color4: #000080
!magenta (pinkish)
*VT100*color5: #800080
!cyan (aqua)
*VT100*color6: #008080
!white
*VT100*color7: #c0c0c0
*VT100*color8: black
*VT100*color9: red
*VT100*color10: green
*VT100*color11: yellow
*VT100*color12: blue
*VT100*color13: magenta
*VT100*color14: cyan
*VT100*color15: white
*VT100*cursorColor: Black
*VT100*colorUL: white
*VT100*colorBD: white
! The following two sections take advantage of new features in version 7
! of the Athena widget library. Comment them out if you have a shallow
! color depth.
*mainMenu*backgroundPixmap: gradient:vertical?dimension=350&start=gray90&end=gray60
*mainMenu*foreground: gray15
*vtMenu*backgroundPixmap: gradient:vertical?dimension=445&start=gray90&end=gray60
*vtMenu*foreground: gray15
*fontMenu*backgroundPixmap: gradient:vertical?dimension=220&start=gray90&end=gray60
*fontMenu*foreground: gray15
*tekMenu*backgroundPixmap: gradient:vertical?dimension=205&start=gray90&end=gray60
*tekMenu*foreground: gray15
*VT100.Scrollbar.thumb: vlines2
*VT100.Scrollbar.width: 14
*VT100.Scrollbar.background: gray60
*VT100.Scrollbar.foreground: rgb:a/5/5
*VT100.Scrollbar.borderWidth: 0
*VT100.Scrollbar.displayList:\
foreground gray90;\
lines 1,-1,-1,-1,-1,1;\
foreground gray60;\
lines -1,0,0,0,0,-1
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