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laue
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 Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:29 am Post subject: .Xdefaults tips and tricks |
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I've just learned about the existence of .Xdefaults, after using linux for over two years now  . I could really kick myself...
Overlooking the forum, i believe that a good .Xdefaults file could really add to your general desktop niceness, without expense.
Since a torsmo tips and tricks topic has recently been posted, i thought it might be a good idea to do the same for .Xdefaults.
Stuff like aterm transparency, colours, xft fonts,... are all very much in place here.
So post, post, post... |
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moocha
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:08 am Post subject: |
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Not directly help, but: http://www.google.com/search?q=site:forums.gentoo.org+%22.Xdefaults%22
Edit: Bah, got the URL slightly wrong  .
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laue
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:13 am Post subject: |
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thanks for the post, but what i am actually persuing here is a good and comprehensive guide/tips and tricks topic.
It's all about bundling our strengths, is it not?  |
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BlackEdder
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 11:14 am Post subject: |
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| Code: | XTerm*jumpScroll: true
XTerm*multiScroll: true
XTerm*scrollTtyOutput:false
XTerm*scrollKey: true
XTerm*foreground: white
XTerm*background: black
XTerm*saveLines: 10000
xdvi*background: white
xdvi*expert: true
xdvi*keepPosition: true
xfig*customization: -color
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My very basic Xdefaults. I'm not sure were the xterm scroll settings came from, but I believe they stop a program from waiting on the xterm to show the output -> compiles go faster, because it doesn't have to wait on your xterm to finish the output. |
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whitesouls
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 2:38 pm Post subject: |
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how about some Aterm's tricks here....coz i find difficult to get aterm's configuration..
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Leo Lausren
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 3:04 pm Post subject: |
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This one took me some time to figure out. | Code: | | URxvt.font: xft:Monospace:pixelsize=16 |
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Devard
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:38 pm Post subject: |
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| yogi85 wrote: | | how about some Aterm's tricks here....coz i find difficult to get aterm's configuration.. |
Well, here's my .Xdefaults files, which has some Aterm things in it, but nothing fancy.
| Code: | Aterm*scrollBar: false
Aterm*background: white
Aterm*foreground: black
Aterm*transparent: true
Aterm*shading: 35
Aterm*saveLines: 5000
Aterm*font: -*-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-iso8859-*
Aterm*fading: 70
Aterm*pointerColor: white
Aterm*reverseVideo: true
XTerm*color0: #000000
XTerm*color1: #b21818
XTerm*color2: #18b218
XTerm*color3: #b26818
XTerm*color4: #1818b2
XTerm*color5: #b218b2
XTerm*color6: #18b2b2
XTerm*color7: #b2b2b2
XTerm*color8: #686868
XTerm*color9: #FF5454
XTerm*color10: #54FF54
XTerm*color11: #FFFF54
XTerm*color12: #5454FF
XTerm*color13: #FF54FF
XTerm*color14: #54FFFF
XTerm*color15: #FFFFFF |
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bet1m
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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$ cat ~/.Xdefaults
emacs*popup*Font: 7x13
emacs*font: 9x15
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lamaistres
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:39 pm Post subject: |
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Use .xdefaults to change the cursor theme. For example, I'm using the whiteglass cursor theme and I enlarged the size of the cursor .
| Code: | # Xcursor Resources
Xcursor.theme: whiteglass
Xcursor.size: 25 |
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