Re: [vox-tech] rxvt / xterm color change on the fly?

[Micah Cowan <micMAPSah@cowanbox.com>]

On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:51:00AM -0800, Micah Cowan wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 30, 2000 at 11:12:59AM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> > is there a way to change the bgcolor of an rxvt or xterm on the fly?
> > 
> > ie, without killing a window, changing Xdefaults and restarting a window.
> > 
> > i seem to recall a way of getting some sort of console type object where you
> > can set colors, fonts, font sizes, etc, but i can't find any mention of it in
> > man rxvt.
> > 
> > thanks,
> > peter
> 
> try editres.  Choose "Commands:Get Tree" and then click on xterm's window.
> Choose the "VT100" node and choose "Commands:Show Resource Box".  You can
> edit resources such as "foreground" and "background", etc., entering their
> values at the box at the bottom, and hitting "Apply" (note - when I did this
> there were so many resources that the window was larger than the screen,
> so you may have to resize the window. Also, the frame holding the field where
> you enter values was invisibly small, so you have to resize that as well).
> 
> Micah

Whoops!  I should also mention that it will only work with Xt-using progs, I think.
(e.g., it won't work with gnome-terminal)

-Micah