Re: xterm and shell behaviors
The system defaults for X apps are under usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults. The
user preferences are read from ~/.Xresources and/or ~/.Xdefaults. The
preferences for colors and what to do with ^G (the beep) can be set in these
files. The manpages for xrdb and xterm should be helpful also. To save you
some reading, try adding these to your ~/.Xresources:
XTerm*background: black
XTerm*foreground: gray
XTerm*visualBell: False
See the file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt for a comprehensive list of the
color names that X will recognize, or just use the #rrggbb hex codes.
I know there are solutions for the backspace/delete thing, but I have not
dealt with it in some time. There are many ways to tackle this one. Might
I suggest that you try rxvt instead of xterm? The default Debian rxvt has
the correct (imho) backspace/delete mappings.
On Fri, 4 Aug 2000, Thomas J. Hamman wrote:
> I'm a new convert to Debian, and I need a little help changing a few behaviors of xterm and the shell (bash).
>
> 1. When I press tab to autocomplete something in the command line, and there are more than one possible autocompletion, the shell BEEPS. This is very annoying, especially when my gf is asleep within ten feet of my computer. :) How can I disable this?
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> 2. I like my xterms to have a black background and gray text, like the console; how can I make this the default setting? (I know how to do it with command line options, but I want it to be default.) I noticed there are commented lines for such settings in /etc/X11/Xresources/xterm, but uncommenting those lines seems to have no effect.
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> 3. The delete key seems to function the same as the backspace key in xterm; how can I change it to delete the character in _front_ of the cursor instead?
>
> Any help will be appreciated. I'm enjoying Debian, it's much better than the other distros I've tried. :)
>
> Tom
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