On 2019-07-18 17:41 +0300, Md Ayquassar wrote:
> Package: xterm
> Version: 344-1
> By default, the color of a uxterm is black foreground and white background.
> However, I'd like to have it reverse: white text on black background. To this
> end, I put
>
> UXTerm*reverseVideo: true
>
>
> into my ~/.Xresources, run xrdb ~/.Xresources, and reboot. I observe
> no change: it's still black on white as before.
This probably means that your ~/.Xresources file is ignored, i.e.
xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources
is not run automatically at your session startup. Do you use Gnome with
Wayland? It is the default desktop in Debian 10[1], and apparently
ignores your ~./Xresources by default[2].
The resource itself is the correct one. When I ran
echo 'UXTerm*reverseVideo: true' | xrdb -merge -
then uxterm indeed started in reverse video.
Cheers,
Sven
1.
https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-whats-new.de.html#wayland-by-default-on-gnome
2. https://wiki.debian.org/Wayland#Troubleshooting
