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theringmaster

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xterm preferences

How do I make xterm have a black background and white text using terminus font size 12?

I think I have to put something in ~/.Xdefaults, right?

edit: changed my location from .xinitrc to .Xdefaults

Last edited by theringmaster (2008-05-11 16:12:40)

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hacosta

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Re: xterm preferences

.Xdefaults

XTerm*background #000000
XTerm*facename terminus

theringmaster

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Re: xterm preferences

.Xdefaults

XTerm*background #000000
XTerm*facename terminus

Didn't work

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darkarchon

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Re: xterm preferences

Did you "xrdb ~/.Xdefaults" after making the changes?

dolby

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Re: xterm preferences

xterm*foreground:       #FFFFFF
xterm*background:       #000000
xterm*faceName:         Terminus:pixelsize=12

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bionnaki

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Re: xterm preferences

no, not in .xinitrc
put it in .Xdefaults

neonl

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Re: xterm preferences

And what if I want to set transparencies?

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dolby

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Re: xterm preferences

And what if I want to set transparencies?

dont use xterm

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neonl

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Re: xterm preferences

Ow right... It doesn't support alpha/pseudo-transparency?

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peets

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Registered: 2007-01-11

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Re: xterm preferences

urxvt supports pseudo-transparency. Here's what I've got in ~/.Xdefaults

urxvt*font: xft:Terminus:pixelsize=12
urxvt*transparent: true
urxvt*shading: 20
urxvt*fading: 20
urxvt*scrollBar: false
urxvt*saveLines: 500
urxvt*pointerBlank: true

urxvt*foreground:       #bbbbbb
urxvt*background:       #000000

Last edited by peets (2008-05-10 02:41:23)

moljac024

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Re: xterm preferences

urxvt supports real transparency too, you just need compositing for that...

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ScriptDevil

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Re: xterm preferences

try xft:fontname

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Husio

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Re: xterm preferences

~/.Xdefaults

XTerm*background:   #000000
XTerm*foreground:   #E6E6E6
XTerm*cursorColor:  #B1DD7F

XTerm*faceName:     Terminus
XTerm*faceSize:     10

Last edited by Husio (2008-05-11 18:57:05)