From: CRDGW2::CRDGW2::MRGATE::"SMTP::CRVAX.SRI.COM::RELAY-INFO-VAX" 2-DEC-1990 21:21:01.38 To: MRGATE::"ARISIA::EVERHART" CC: Subj: Re: Changing background color on DECterms Received: by crdgw1.ge.com (5.57/GE 1.80) id AA18812; Sun, 2 Dec 90 21:07:35 EST Received: From UCBVAX.BERKELEY.EDU by CRVAX.SRI.COM with TCP; Sun, 2 DEC 90 17:58:58 PST Received: by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (5.63/1.42) id AA08477; Sun, 2 Dec 90 17:47:20 -0800 Received: from USENET by ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU with netnews for info-vax@kl.sri.com (info-vax@kl.sri.com) (contact usenet@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU if you have questions) Date: 3 Dec 90 01:33:16 GMT From: tgv.com!mcmahon@ames.arc.nasa.gov (John McMahon) Organization: TGV, Incorporated in Santa Cruz, California Subject: Re: Changing background color on DECterms Message-Id: <1990Dec3.014426.19239@news.arc.nasa.gov> References: <659980656.34520.RIC@RML2.SRI.COM> Sender: info-vax-request@kl.sri.com To: info-vax@kl.sri.com In article <659980656.34520.RIC@RML2.SRI.COM>, RIC@RML2.SRI.COM (Ric Steinberger) writes... :I have been unable to find a way to change the background color on DECterms. :It's always white (or black if I reverse foreground and background). The :customize menu of the session mgr seems to only be able to affect background :colors of other applications (e.g., calendar). Has anyone been able to :do this? I've looked in the DECWindows user's Guide and haven't found :anything. Perhaps DEC didn't implement color xterms. They did. It's suffering from "3 U" syndrome (Undocumented, Unsupported, Uneverything). This is untested (I don't have access to a color Xwindows terminal in front of me at the moment), however try adding/changing the following lines in SYS$LOGIN:DECW$TERMINAL_DEFAULT.DAT. DECW$TERMINAL.main.terminal.foreground: #000000000000 DECW$TERMINAL.main.terminal.background: #ffffffffffff to (for example) DECW$TERMINAL.main.terminal.foreground: black DECW$TERMINAL.main.terminal.background: green You should be able to use a named color in place of the hex string to change the foreground and background colors. Make sure to logoff/login to get it to take effect. SHAMELESS PLUG TIME: Session GR058 at DECUS Las Vegas will cover "Hacking DECwindows resources files" in detail. Come and be amazed... or come hear me shoot my mouth off :-) John 'Fast-Eddie' McMahon : MCMAHON@TGV.COM : TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT TGV, Incorporated : : T GGGGGGG V V 603 Mission Street : HAVK (abha) Gur bayl : T G V V Santa Cruz, California 95060 : bcrengvat flfgrz gb : T G GGGG V V 408-427-4366 or 800-TGV-3440 : or qrfgeblrq ol znvy : T GGGGGGG V