Does SuSE 11.3 hava a problem reading Xdefaults? I can’t get any term (aterm/xterm/etc) to read from the file. I would post my Xdefaults but it’s so missed up at this point…
If this is an issue with suse please comment. If not, ignore me and I’ll figure it out.
TTFN
John
ogbi-web kenobi wrote:
>
> Does SuSE 11.3 hava a problem reading Xdefaults? I can’t get any term
> (aterm/xterm/etc) to read from the file. I would post my Xdefaults but
> it’s so missed up at this point…
>
> If this is an issue with suse please comment. If not, ignore me and
> I’ll figure it out.
>
>
AFAIK none of the ?term programs read ~/.Xdefaults or ~/.Xresources
directly, but use the resources that were set up by xrdb at login/startx
time.
What have you tried to get xterm to do your bidding?
I’m trying to do what I “thought” .Xdefaults/.Xresources were for; customize font color, background, etc. All I get with xterm is the default white on black. Aterm, I was simply seeing if it would work. I don’t know where it is getting a green background from.
As far as use, aterm|xterm, I could care less which I use, the thing I normally have and am use to is a borderless/transparent term on my desktop (for quick use). For some reason SuSE 11.3 wont cooperate!
This isn’t a big deal, but after tinkering with this issue on and off for a few weeks, I thought… maybe it’s not me and started blaming it on the computer 
Here’s my .Xdefaults: It’s a mess.
! If changing things in this file doesnt result in changes in your term
! you should run ‘xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults’
!-------------------------------------------------------------
xtermeightBitInput: false
xtermscrollTtyOutput: false
xtermscrollKey: true
xtermsaveLines: 2048
xtermScrollbarthickness: 5
xtermScrollbarbackground: #000000
xtermScrollbarforeground: #4e71ad
xtermbackground: black
xtermforeground: black
!xtermreverseVideo: true
xtermreverseVideo: false
!-------------------------------------------------------------
*VT100.eightBitInput: false
*VT100.scrollTtyOutput: false
*VT100.scrollKey: true
*VT100.saveLines: 1000
*VT100.Scrollbar.thickness: 5
*VT100.Scrollbar.background: #c6c6c6
*VT100.Scrollbar.foreground: #4e71ad
!black
*color0: #000000
!red
*color1: #880000
!green
*color2: #008800
!yellow
*color3: #888800
!blue
*color4: #0808ff
!purple
*color5: #880088
!cyan
*color6: #008888
!white
*color7: #aaaaaa
!bright-black
*color8: #666666
!bright-red
*color9: #ff0000
!bright-green
*color10: #00ff00
!bright-yellow
*color11: #ffff00
!bright-blue
*color12: #5555ff
!bright-purple
*color13: #ff00ff
!bright-cyan
*color14: #00ffff
!bright-white
*color15: #ffffff
! Color section
!xtermbackground: #000000
!xtermforeground: #cfcfcf
!xterm*cursorColor: #cdc092
! Nice for manpages
!xtermunderLine: on
!xtermcolorMode: on
xtermcolorBD: lightyellow
!xtermcolorBDMode: off
xtermcolorUL: blue
!xtermcolorULMode: on
xtermdynamicColors: on
xtermhighlightSelection: true
!xtermeightBitInput: false
xtermmetaSendsEscape: true
!xtermoldXtermFKeys: true
xtermcharClass: 33:48,35-38:48,39:43,42-47:48,58-59:48,61:48,63-64:48,126:48
!xterm*charClass: 46-47:48,58:48,64:48,63:48,95:48,126:48,61:48,37:48,35:48,43:48,36:48
! Other settings
xtermVT100.Translations: #override
<Key>BackSpace: string(0x7F)
!
! <Key>Delete: string("\033[3~")
! <Key>Home: string("\033OH")
! <Key>End: string("\033[4~")
! <Key>Home: string("\033[1~")
xtermttyModes: erase ^?
! Suggested by denek
! VT100backarrowKey: false
!xtermbackarrowKeyIsErase: true
!xtermbackarrowKey: true
!xtermborderWidth: 0 doesnt do anything
xterminternalBorder: 0
!xtermmodifier: alt
!xtermsaveLines: 2048
xtermscrollBar: false
!xtermtiteInhibit: true
xtermrenderFont: false
!xtermfaceName: terminus
!xtermfaceName: fixed
!xtermfaceSize: 8
xtermfont: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--12-------*
!xtermfont: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--24-------*
!xtermfont1: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--24-------*
xtermfont2: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal-sans-9-90-75-75-m-50-iso8859-1
!xtermfont3: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--24-------
!xtermfont4: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--24-------*
!xtermfont5: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--24-------*
!xtermfont6: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--24-------*
!xtermfont7: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--24-------*
!xtermfont8: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal--24-------*
xterm*termName: xterm
!xtermrenderFont: true
!xtermfaceName: fixed
!xtermfaceSize: 8
!xtermtermName: Monotone
!xtermfaceName: Vera sans mono
!xtermfaceSize: 15
!xterm*termName: xterm-xfree86
!
! These are aterm specific
!
! <lizr> atermfont: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal–16-160-72-72-c-80-iso8859-1
! <lizr> atermtransparent: true
! <lizr> atermshading: 50
! <lizr> atermfading: 25
! <lizr> atermcursorColor: white
! <lizr> atermscrollBar: off
! <lizr> atermforeground: darkgray
! <lizr> atermbackground: black
!AtermpointerColor: black
!Atermtransparent: false
!Atermshading: 70
!Atermfading: 80
!AtermtextType: or
!AtermtintingType: invert
!Atermtinting: magenta
!Atermtinting: grey40
Atermcutchars: !""$%’’()+,;<>[]^`{|}
Atermfont: fixed\ 8
!Atermfont: -xos4-terminus-medium-r-normal–16-160-72-72-c-80-iso8859-1
!Atermfont: ter-124b
AtermloginShell:true
Atermtransparent:true
Atermshading:40
Atermbackground:Black
AtermbackgroundPixmap : ~/Pictures/goth.jpg
Atermforeground:White
AtermscrollBar:true
AtermscrollBar_right:true
Atermtranspscrollbar:true
AtermsaveLines:32767
!Atermfont:--fixed-medium-r-normal–-110-----iso8859-1
AtermboldFont:--fixed-bold-r-normal–--110-----iso8859-1
rxvt*font: ter-124b
rxvt.termName: rxvt
! These are for a tranparent mouse in XFree86 4.3 and later
Xcursor.size: 16
Xcursor.theme: whiteglass
! XDvi
XDvimfMode: ljfour
XDvipixelsPerInch: 1200
XDvishrinkFactor: 8
!XDvipaper: a5
XDviwwwBrowser: x-www-browser
XDvithorough: true
XDviforeground: #202020
XDvibackground: #eeeeee
XDviunderLink: true
XDvifont: ter-120b
TTFN
John
With KDE installed,
I made all those “appearance” customizations from within the Konsole GUI, clicking on “Edit Profile”
Yes, I found the default black lettering on white background strange…
Looks like those edits only apply to BASH, not xterm if it makes a diff to you…
HTH,
Tony
Not openSUSE has the problem but KDE. Create the file xresources.rc.sh (the name is up to you) in ~/.kde4/Autostart (create this directory if needed) with the following or a similar content (depending on the file you’re using in your system):
#!/bin/bash
xrdb /etc/X11/xinit/.Xresources
It works most of the time but not always. However Xresources settings don’t survive a new session. You’ll have to close aterm an open it again.
Such settings apply to kde konsole, not to other (older) terminals like aterm, xterm, rxvt, wterm, etc, all using Xresources.
ogbi-web kenobi wrote:
> I’m trying to do what I “thought” .Xdefaults/.Xresources were for;
> customize font color, background, etc.
there are about a thousand instances of “color” in man xterm, follow
them to find jillion of ways to specify your color choices as command
line options:
xterm [options]
or, you could make an alias…
–
DenverD
CAVEAT: http://is.gd/bpoMD [posted via NNTP w/openSUSE 10.3]
Did you try that? Then exit and restart aterm.
Don’t mean to dig up an old post, but I just wanted to update how this turned out and the lessons I’ve learned.
Let’s start with the simple: Xterm. The reason I couldn’t get Xterm to read(and yes it does indeed read) from .Xdefaults is Xterm was taking on KDE colors because I had “Use KDE fonts and colors” checked in the Fonts configuration of “Configure Desktop”. Once I unchecked that everything was fine. Simple!
Aterm was a different story. It boils down to this. If you want pixmap support or anything a configuration option you have to install the AfterStep libs. Which means installing the AfterStep WM. Something I decided wasn’t worth the eye candy. Yakuake is better, simplier, and is an F12 away.
Sumed up Xterm configured. Aterm, not worth installing another WM I wouldn’t ever use.
Lessons learned: Sometimes you have to weigh the worth of the eye candy by the amount of trouble and performance it’s going to cost. “Free as in Freedom of Speach”. But it all comes with a cost.