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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Problems with xedit and X Resources
Message-ID: <8904181900.AA20467@expo.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: 18 Apr 89 19:00:22 GMT
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> #ifdef COLOR
> !color specs here
> #else
> 	*ReverseVideo:		on
> #endif

> I'm not sure if this is the best way to go about it, but for the most part it
> works.  However, for some programs (namely xedit) it does not work.
> Specifically, the large window in which you type text (called the
>  "editWindow") should be white characters on black background, but that
> doesn't happen.  Instead what I seem to get is black on black, so I can't see
> anything.


This is a known and fixed bug in the Athena Text Widget.  This bug causes
it to ignore the reverse video parameters.  Here is a quick fix.  This
is not an "official" patch, and may cause your sources to conflict with future
patches, but it does fix the problem.  The other option is to specify
"Foreground", "Background", and "BorderColor" resources which will 
allow things to work. 

                                                Chris D. Peterson
                                                MIT X Consortium


*** lib/Xaw/AsciiSink.c Tue Apr 18 14:55:14 1989
--- /tmp/,RCSt2a20304   Tue Apr 18 14:55:20 1989

***************
*** 53,65 ****

  static char *buf = NULL;

- /* XXX foreground default should be XtDefaultFGPixel. How do i do that?? */
-
  static XtResource SinkResources[] = {
      {XtNfont, XtCFont, XtRFontStruct, sizeof (XFontStruct *),
          XtOffset(AsciiSinkPtr, font), XtRString, "Fixed"},
      {XtNforeground, XtCForeground, XtRPixel, sizeof (int),
!         XtOffset(AsciiSinkPtr, foreground), XtRString, "Black"},
  };

  /* Utilities */
--- 53,63 ----

  static char *buf = NULL;

  static XtResource SinkResources[] = {
      {XtNfont, XtCFont, XtRFontStruct, sizeof (XFontStruct *),
          XtOffset(AsciiSinkPtr, font), XtRString, "Fixed"},
      {XtNforeground, XtCForeground, XtRPixel, sizeof (int),
!         XtOffset(AsciiSinkPtr, foreground), XtRString, "XtDefaultForeground"}
  };

  /* Utilities */