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Bug#167495: xterm: /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color shouldn't define unnecessary resources



On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 11:37:25PM +0100, Eduard Bloch wrote:
> #include <hallo.h>
> * Vincent Lefevre [Sat, Nov 02 2002, 10:19:20PM]:
> > Package: xterm
> > Version: 4.1.0-17
> > Severity: normal
> > 
> > /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color shouldn't define unnecessary
> > resources, like how the scrollbar looks like, as the user can't
> > always override them.
> 
> Btw, please remove this color definition:
> 
> *VT100*color4: DodgerBlue1
> 
> Color4 is used by many applications as foreground color, and I do not
> know any person that likes it.

I will not.  It is too hard to read on black, especially when using
small fonts where the stroke width in glyphs is only one pixel.

/etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color is a conffile.  If you don't like it,
change it.

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