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From: swick@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ralph R. Swick)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: novice questions
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Date: 12 Dec 88 17:21:57 GMT
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> Is there any way for a non-superuser to change the color of a root-owned
> login xterm window (X11R2)?

Nope.  Xterm doesn't supply any external means of changing it's window
background once it has started.  Since your example assumes you have no
access to the command line or the resource file(s) read by the login
window, there's not much you can do.

> "Xterm Control Sequences" document; 

doesn't exist for X11.  Noone's yet had time to update the X10R4 version.