Border Around Xterm Windows

alkos333 · 01-13-2007, 02:09 PM

I created my own .Xresources to customize the xterm a little bit. Here is the content of ~/.Xresources:

Code:

xterm*Title: xterm
xterm*ToolBar: true
xterm*BorderWidth: 5
xterm*FreeBoldBox: true
xterm*LoginShell: true
xterm*ScrollBar: true
xterm*RightScrollBar: true
xterm*Thickness: 10
xterm*SaveLines: 1000
xterm*VisualBell: true
xterm*font: -*-fixed-medium-r-*-*-18-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*

After creating the file, I ran 'xrdb ~/.Xresources' and accidentally left out the '-merge' flag from the command. After I restarted, X got all of my xterm windows looking like this one: http://alkos333.net/ss.jpg

I tried looking in 'man xterm' for an attribute that would turn the border back on, but was unable to find it.

Could somebody please make a suggestion as to you i can restore the borders?

MensaWater · 01-13-2007, 04:40 PM

Try looking at "man X". Many of the attributes are common to many X windows so aren't in the man pages for the individual things like xterm. Such attributes are usually detailed in the X man page itself.

alkos333 · 01-13-2007, 05:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlightner

Try looking at "man X". Many of the attributes are common to many X windows so aren't in the man pages for the individual things like xterm. Such attributes are usually detailed in the X man page itself.

Well the border is only off for xterm windows and it's on for any other x app like xclock, or xcalc. I looked in 'man X' and couldn't find anything helpful.

detpenguin · 01-13-2007, 11:28 PM

i created an .Xdefaults file, and loaded this into it...

Quote:

aterm*cursorColor:blue
aterm*colorMode:true
aterm*pointerColor:yellow
aterm*pointerColor2:yellow
aterm*borderWidth:0
aterm*tinting:#ffffff
aterm*loginShell:true
aterm*transparent:true
aterm*shading:50
aterm*background:white
aterm*foreground:light blue
aterm*scrollBar:false
aterm*fade: 60
!aterm*font: 9x15
aterm*font: 8x13
aterm*saveLines:4500
aterm*geometry:85x30
aterm*truetintingType:True
!
! colors
!
aterm*color0:rgb:00/00/00
aterm*color1:rgb:cc/66/66
aterm*color2:rgb:66/cc/66
aterm*color3:rgb:cc/cc/66
aterm*color4:rgb:66/66/cc
aterm*color5:rgb:cc/66/cc
aterm*color6:rgb:66/cc/cc
aterm*color7:rgb:cc/cc/cc
aterm*color8:rgb:63/33/33
aterm*color9:rgb:ff/99/99
aterm*color10:rgb:99/ff/99
aterm*color11:rgb:ff/ff/99
aterm*color12:rgb:99/99/ff
aterm*color13:rgb:ff/99/ff

xterm*cursorColor:blue
xterm*colorMode:true
xterm*pointerColor:red
xterm*pointerColor2:yellow
xterm*borderWidth:0
xterm*tinting:#ffffff
xterm*loginShell:true
xterm*transparent:true
xterm*shading:80
xterm*background:#dcdcdc
xterm*foreground:#800000
xterm*scrollBar:false
xterm*fade: 60
!xterm*font: 9x15
xterm*font: 8x13
xterm*saveLines:4500
xterm*geometry:85x30
xterm*truetintingType:True
!
! colors
!
xterm*color0:rgb:00/00/00
xterm*color1:rgb:cc/66/66
xterm*color2:rgb:66/cc/66
xterm*color3:rgb:cc/cc/66
xterm*color4:rgb:66/66/cc
xterm*color5:rgb:cc/66/cc
xterm*color6:rgb:66/cc/cc
xterm*color7:rgb:cc/cc/cc
xterm*color8:rgb:63/33/33
xterm*color9:rgb:ff/99/99
xterm*color10:rgb:99/ff/99
xterm*color11:rgb:ff/ff/99
xterm*color12:rgb:99/99/ff
xterm*color13:rgb:ff/99/ff
xterm*color14:rgb:99/ff/ff
xterm*color15:rgb:ff/ff/ff

mrxvt*cursorColor:blue
mrxvt*colorMode:true
mrxvt*pointerColor:yellow
mrxvt*pointerColor2:yellow
mrxvt*borderWidth:0
mrxvt*tinting:#ffffff
mrxvt*loginShell:true
mrxvt*transparent:true
mrxvt*shading:50
mrxvt*background:white
mrxvt*foreground:light blue
mrxvt*scrollBar:false
mrxvt*fade: 60
!mrxvt*font: 9x15
mrxvt*font: 8x13
mrxvt*saveLines:4500
mrxvt*geometry:85x30
mrxvt*truetintingType:True
!
! colors
!
mrxvt*color0:rgb:00/00/00
mrxvt*color1:rgb:cc/66/66
mrxvt*color2:rgb:66/cc/66
mrxvt*color3:rgb:cc/cc/66
mrxvt*color4:rgb:66/66/cc
mrxvt*color5:rgb:cc/66/cc
mrxvt*color6:rgb:66/cc/cc
mrxvt*color7:rgb:cc/cc/cc
mrxvt*color8:rgb:63/33/33
mrxvt*color9:rgb:ff/99/99
mrxvt*color10:rgb:99/ff/99
mrxvt*color11:rgb:ff/ff/99
mrxvt*color12:rgb:99/99/ff
mrxvt*color13:rgb:ff/99/ff

it's easily customized...play with it, make it your own.