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Re: how to change the background of xterm?


Mingdong Huang was recently quoted as saying...
> 
> The default background of xterm is white. I tried to change it to black by
> editing /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color file, but did not work.
> 
> Any hints?
> 
> Ming
> 
> 

Add this to your .xdefaults file:

XTerm*background: black
XTerm*foreground: white

Kdt


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