-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, Brian E. Lavender wrote:
> When I use dselect in an Xterm the text is rather annoying compared to > the way it is in a plain terminal. When I open an Xterm, by default I get > black text on a white background. I am using Windowmaker, so I hold down > the ctrl key and click the middle button. I then enable reverse video > and get white text on a black background (the way I like it). When I run > dselect the packages listed show as black text on white squares. In the > description area, the text is black on white squares too. The area where > there is no text, the background is black, matching the reverse video > mode. In a regular terminal, it is not at all like this. In my xterm, > it is rather annoying. Any suggestions, so I don't have black text on > white blocks when running dselect from an xterm? i normally run rxvt instead of xterm, but i just did a test with dselect and i get the same results. Try running xterm with the -rv option. $ xterm -v XFree86 3.9.15b(113) $ dpkg -l xterm # running potato ... ii xterm 3.3.4-2 X terminal emulator - -- finger for PGP public key. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3ia Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBN9MV8L7M/9WKZLW5AQE0YwP/Uxxq7FkeyjQ88UmgUCEp3fRjALawlavG ujoP3XvLgf2zznZES7SyGvoJ9OAi9xCPJs+ccTwJhp8lB1g7XZ/mRCzPu6hrnsi3 b/CA9OLe5K4TzDodSg1EdxGtgw1lHJ+FQLR3HCYBEk+L5451ZyedLZ0ckhYr+8pk 0OzyvRKhh/Y= =96Qx -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
