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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  OpenWindows ReverseVideo
Message-ID: <9010062201.AA25154@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 6 Oct 90 22:01:23 GMT
Sender: root@athena.mit.edu (Wizard A. Root)
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> I've just started using Sun OpenWindows 2.0.  I really like the
> environment except that I have a black and white monitor and I can't
> stand the default window colors.  The glare from the white window
> background is overwhelming.

> I've everything and asked everybody here for a way to run in
> ReverseVideo.  Nothing seems to work.

(Why is it that everybody seems to consider white-on-black reverse
video?  On character terminals black-on-white is normally considered
reversed.)

Try specifying explicit foreground and background colors:

	% xrdb -merge
	*foreground: white
	*Foreground: white
	*background: black
	*Background: black
<insert-your-favorite-eof-character-here>

If after that a client runs black-on-white, check (xrdb -query) to see
whether explicit resources for it have been specified, and if not,
generate a bug report to whoever is responsible for the client in
question.  For example, for xterm, examine the output of xrdb -query
for things like "xterm.foreground".  Just what the leading portion
("xterm" in my example) is depends on the program and should be
determinable from its documentation.

					der Mouse

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