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Re: customizing xterm



On Thu, Jul 14, 2005 at 11:40:10PM +0100, michael wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 16:12 -0600, Ð???ä?? vÎ?????? wrote:
> > hey does anyone know how to do a system wide customization on Xterm i
> > would like to customize it but every thing i have found on it refer to
> > a file that isnt on my computer, they all refere to a file
> > called .xdefault and i dont have that file and i also dont have the
> > file called .xresources so does anyone know how i could accomplish
> > this task of customization?
> 
> create the file .Xresources, in your $HOME directory if it's for your
> use. you may need to ensure 'xrdb -load $HOME/.Xresources' is run
> 
> various man pages should help further: X, xrdb
> 

Hi,

if you're looking for _system-wide_ customization, have a look at
/etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm and XTerm.color - xterm's manpage can tell
you about the meanings of the various resources, if they're not
self-explanatory.


HTH,

Jan

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Jan C. Nordholz
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