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Re: reversing Xterm fore/back colors

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sheldon E. Newhouse)
Fri Nov 29 11:34:19 1996

Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 11:32:57 -0500 (EST)
From: "Sheldon E. Newhouse" <sen1@math.msu.edu>
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In-Reply-To: <m0vTVar-000gXbC@fishpond>
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On Fri, 29 Nov 1996, Fred Fish wrote:
> Ok, I've been unsuccessful hunting for where to reverse the xterm
> colors from white on black to the more common black letters on white
> background.  None of the various fvwm rc type files that I've been
> able to find seem to even be used.  Can anyone point me in the right
> direction?  Thanks!
xterm -rv 
 is reverse video

xterm -fg black -bg white
 is black letters on white background

xterm -fg white -bg black
 is white letters on black background

This, and more is seen in 
 man xterm

-sen

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