All a few lines to your .Xdefaults file and restart X. Sample lines: xterm*background: LightGray xterm*background: White xterm*SaveLines: 2000 xterm*VisualBell: true xterm*cursorColor: Blue xterm*font: 10x20 xterm*geometry: 80x30 xterm*termName: xterm-color -- Christopher W. Aiken Scenery Hill, Pa, USA chris at cwaiken dot com www.cwaiken.com SuSE 7.1 Professional Linux On Sat, 31 Mar 2001, Landy Roman wrote: ->where can i define the defaul look for xterm ->such as -bg and -fg, i know if i invoke it ->with those parameters it will do what i want ->but on ocassions where another applicaitons ->calls it ??? -> -> -> ->-- ->SuSe 7.0 Linux 2.4.2 i686 Sat Mar 31 11:05:00 ->EST 2001 -> ->-- ->To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com ->For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com ->Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq ->