setting default xterm colors
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 -- Carlo Florendo Astra Philippines Inc. www.astra.ph
Re: setting default xterm colors
Alexander Gottwald wrote: On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Carlo Florendo wrote: 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. man xterm lists a huge number of commandline options and their respective resources. -bg = background -fg = foreground These resources can either be set in /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm* but these changes will get lost with the next xterm update or in ~/.Xdefaults You may also create a global file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources and import tzhe settings with xrdb -merge /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources If you're using startx to start the xserver, it will automaticly read the settings from these files (in this order) /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources $HOME/.Xdefaults The syntax of these files is the same as in /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm* bye ago Thank you very much Alexander. I have been very enlightened with your posting. :) I've got a follow-up question: I run startx and an xterm fires up. That's no problem. When I invoke another xterm from the xterm that just started, I now get the proper background and foreground colors but `ls -l' does not display color coded directory entries anymore on the newly invoked xterm (It does display the colors from the xterm invoked by startx, though). Everything would work fine if I invoke `xterm -e /bin/bash --login -i' since I've aliased ls to `ls --color=auto' in my bash configuration file. Is there any way to make my xterm understand `ls --color-auto' without loading the shell configuration files (since it's from my bash configuration that I set `ls --color-auto')? Thank you so much for your prompt reply! Best Regards Carlo -- Carlo Florendo Astra Philippines Inc. www.astra.ph
Re: setting default xterm colors
On Wed, 27 Apr 2005, Carlo Florendo wrote: I've got a follow-up question: I run startx and an xterm fires up. That's no problem. When I invoke another xterm from the xterm that just started, I now get the proper background and foreground colors but `ls -l' does not display color coded directory entries anymore on the newly invoked xterm (It does display the colors from the xterm invoked by startx, though). Everything would work fine if I invoke `xterm -e /bin/bash --login -i' since I've aliased ls to `ls --color=auto' in my bash configuration file. Is there any way to make my xterm understand `ls --color-auto' without loading the shell configuration files (since it's from my bash configuration that I set `ls --color-auto')? No that I know of. But bash knows two kinds of configuration files. ~/.bashrc and ~/.profile (see man bash for details). .profile is read when invoked with --login otherwise .bashrc. you can put the alias command to .bashrc and source that from .profile too ==~/.bashrc== alias ls=ls --color=auto ==~/.profile== if test -f ~/.bashrc; then . ~/.bashrc fi bye ago -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.gotti.org ICQ: 126018723
