How would you like to be able to change the colors of your XTerm client? I learned how to years ago and rediscovered the notes on my computer. It wasn’t easy to learn how to do it, so I thought it would be useful to post the directions. You may have to experiment a little or read the man page on XTerm. However, if all you want is an XTerm with a black background and white foreground just follow these directions.
Changing XTerm Colors:
- Bring up a terminal and sign in as root ( Ubuntu users can do this with sudo bash )
- Go to /etc/X11/app-defaults
- Bring up the file XTerm in a text editor
- Copy this to the bottom of the file & save the file:
! Change the background and foreground colors to black and white xterm*background: Black xterm*foreground: White xterm.eightBitInput: true ! xterm*font: -adobe-courier-bold-r-normal--14-140-75-75-m-90-iso8859-1 xterm*SaveLines: 2000 ! xterm*VisualBell: true xterm*appcursorDefault: true *XTerm*saveLines: 1000
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I work with someone who is actually color blind. Yes, he’s the go-to guy for reports. Managers all over the company ask him for stuff. I’ve made a few suggestions over his shoulder before he sent something out, but usually it’s OK. These days, it’s work from home, so no over the shoulder stuff. We all have 2020 vision this year, even those who are color blind.
Sorry, I’m not color blind. Apparently i didn’t proof read it well enough, and there’s no edit. ugh.