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Re: reversing Xterm fore/back colors
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Morrissey)
Fri Nov 29 13:36:01 1996
Date: Fri, 29 Nov 1996 13:32:22 -0500 (EST)
From: John Morrissey <john@rpa.net>
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If you want the reversed colors to be default when you start an xterm,
edit the .Xdefaults file in your home directory. Change the following
lines:
xterm*background: Black
xterm*foreground: Wheat
To whatever colors you want, and those colors will be the defaults when
you start an xterm.
John
On 29 Nov, Sheldon E. Newhouse wrote:
> 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
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