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Re: How to set wm bg-color as will?



> Hi,
> 
> is there a way to test/set wm's background color as will. instead of having to
> choose among White, Wheat, Orchid, Midnightblue, etc. Can I use hex-code instead of
> name? I don't have a big vocabulary on colors in english. Is there a site on this
> subject?

There should be the following file on your system:

/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt

It contains names of colors and their hex codes. Is this the type of thing you 
were needing?

If you want to know what various colors look like you can check this site to 
get an idea:

http://home.flash.net/~drj2142/rgb.html

cheers.

-- 
					kevin




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