Hello,
Does anyone know a way to set xterm colors without using the -bg and -fg options all the time? I know one way to do it would be to alias xterm in bash_profile such that the command always includes the bg and fg options every time it is invoked. Aliasing works for me but this is not what I want.
I've exported TERM=xterm-color
Some sites say that .Xdefaults have to be set but it means I have to set the .Xdefaults for each and every user. I would want users to read terminal settings from a global configuration file. It seems that there is no such thing.
I've uncommented the necessary options from /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xterm-color so that I get a light foreground over a dark background . In particular, the relevant section of /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xterm-color now looks like:
$ cat /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color | more <snipped_upper> #include "XTerm"
*VT100*colorMode: on *VT100*boldColors: on *VT100*dynamicColors: on
! Uncomment this for "white" text on a dark background. *VT100*foreground: gray90 *VT100*background: black <snipped_lower>
Also, my TERM is:
$ echo $TERM xterm-color
Thanks for any help.
Best Regards,
Carlo
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