Thanks. That works in .Xdefaults. I must have been doing something wrong. Even though the colours are right I get strange messages when I open a new xterm (typing "xterm&" or "xterm") though. Like this:
" is not defineding: Color name "black " to type Booleanonvert string "false " to type Intot convert string "10 " to type Booleanonvert string "true " is not definedame "green4 " is not definedame "#00E000 - Liam. - Original Message: 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 _________________________________________________________________ eircom broadband is now up to four times faster than before. Phone 1850 73 00 73 or visit http://home.eircom.net/broadbandoffer