> -----Original Message----- > From: Reid Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, June 27, 2005 7:06 AM > To: cygwin-xfree@cygwin.com > Subject: RE: Changing colours of XTerm > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have begun to use Cygwin on Windows and I have tried > every technique > > I could find on the web for changing from the default > black-on-white > > colours of Xterm (and perhaps other X > > applications) to something that's easier to look at. None of the > > techniques worked. > > > > I tried, among other things, changing XResources and > uncommenting the > > lines in XTerm-color that XTerm-color told me to uncomment > if I wanted > > to change colours. Does anyone know for sure how to change > colours IN > > CYGWIN, because the general UNIX techniques don't seem to > be working? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > Liam. > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > eircom broadband is now up to four times faster than before. > > Phone 1850 73 00 73 or visit http://home.eircom.net/broadbandoffer > > configuration using .Xdefaults works fine for me. > > If that doesn't work, you can always setup a script/shortcut > and explicitly set -fg and -bg > > reid >
Hi, Here are the settings I've used in .Xdefaults: XTerm*background: black XTerm*foreground: orchid3 XTerm*internalBorder: 10 !This is for fixing the backspace not to do ^H but ^? XTerm.*.backarrowKey: false !This is for double clicking XTerm*charClass: 33:48,35:48,37:48,43:48,45-47:48,64:48,95:48,126:48 XTerm*cursorBlink: true XTerm*cursorColor: green4 XTerm*pointerColor: green4 !The default blue is too dark on my monitor XTerm*color4: blue1