Either back off to 1.1.4 or upgrade to 1.1.6 and use the new Preferences
dialog to set these variables. (The cursor color can be changed in 1.1.6).
Angus
On Monday 22 January 2001 11:23, Silas S. Brown wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using the lyx package in the Debian distribution, and I recently
> upgraded from one of the 1.1.4 versions, to 1.1.5fix2. (Does anyone
> know where the old 1.1.4 versions are archived? I want to back off.)
>
> I use a black background. This is because I have to get very close to
> the monitor due to my eyesight problem, and a bright background is
> tiring. Other people use black backgrounds because of their displays
> etc.
>
> In LyX 1.1.5fix2, the cursor is ALWAYS black, even if the background
> is black. This makes the cursor invisible. (It was OK in 1.1.4 - why
> was it changed?)
>
> In LyX 1.1.4, the colours could be configured using X resources
> (e.g. below). In 1.1.5fix2, these resources are no longer honoured;
> although \set_color in lyxrc replaces some of them, not all of them
> are customisable anymore.
>
> In .Xresources I use :
>
> *LyX.BackgroundColor: black
> *LyX.SelectionColor: blue
> *LyX.LightedColor: darkblue
> *LyX.NoteColor: yellow
> *LyX.LatexColor: cyan
> *LyX.OnOffLineColor: yellow
> *LyX.NewLineColor: red
> *LyX.FillColor: red
> *LyX.LabelColor: yellow
> *LyX.FootColor: yellow
> *LyX.MathFrameColor: red
> *LyX.MathColor: green
> *LyX.Reverse: 1
>
> In lyxrc I use (and this is not adequate) :
>
> \set_color background black
> \set_color foreground white
> \set_color latex cyan
> \set_color math green
> \set_color mathline green
> \set_color mathbg black
> \set_color mathframe red
> \set_color mathcursor white
> \set_color selection blue
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> Many thanks, Silas
>
> --
> Silas S Brown, St John's College Cambridge UK
http://www.flatline.org.uk/~silas
>
> "To the stupid one the carrying on of loose conduct is like sport"
> - Proverbs 10:23
