From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 9 10:37:32 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BBEDE37B423 for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 10:37:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.255.97.82]) by mta02-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000909183623.FNV3760.mta02-svc.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 18:36:23 +0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA01351; Sat, 9 Sep 2000 18:37:22 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2000 18:37:21 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: bentley Cc: freebsd-questions Subject: Re: xterm editing & recompiling... Message-ID: <20000909183721.B254@parish> References: <39BA6E67.EF164CBE@mediaone.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <39BA6E67.EF164CBE@mediaone.net>; from bentley3@mediaone.net on Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 01:07:52PM -0400 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, Sep 09, 2000 at 01:07:52PM -0400, bentley wrote: > is this the right place to write in a question for a recompile of > xterm? > i don't know anything about unix...i only know that the xterm/s white > back ground is irritating my eyes. > and i don't want to keep typing in > 1 ) [xterm -bg grey -fg black] > > i know that under > 1) usr/ports/x11/xtermset > there are files that would let me possibly edit the source code > & reompile this program with the desired effects mentioned above. am i > in the right area? & it shouldn't be hard right? i just have to look > for that line of code in the source code? > > goal here is: > 1) just the directory (and location of it) so i can get there. > 2) how exactly (basic terms) does a newbie with no experience in > editing / scripting / coding make > make this work? i don't need detailed ideas or anything. > ... i mean...which editor. basically. > because then i would just save it, & recompile. i imagine. > Just add: XTerm*Background: XTerm*Foreground: to your ~/.Xdefaults or ~/.Xsession file. Valid colour names can be found in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb.txt You can, IIRC, use a numeric value for . I'm not sure of the exact format but probably #xxyyzz where xx, yy, and zz are RGB values in hex (0x0 - 0xff). HTH > hodgepodge > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message