Hi, everybody! I was wondering if anyone else out there has played with wterm much. A coworker turned me on to it because wterm has the smallest memory footprint of any of the terms out there. After using it for a while, I found that it did *almost* everything that I need, as well as several things that I don't need ;). Currently, I use `wterm -tr -rv -geometry 80x40', which gives me an 80x40 terminal with _TR_ansperency and _R_eversed _V_isual. I'm having trouble figuring out if there is an option to set a shade on it as well, like Eterm does. I've noticed a value in some of the documentation that mentions `shade: boolean', but I don't know what it's referring to or how to implement it. Any ideas? BTW: I am *not* interested in `just use Eterm' posts. I'd rather run wterm half-way functional than be saddled with Eterm ;). -- -=|JP|=- Jon Pennington | Atipa Linux Solutions -o) jpennington@atipa.com | Kansas City, MO /\\ 816-241-2641 x121 | http://www.atipa.com _\_V -- 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/Doku/FAQ/
On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Jon Pennington wrote: <-]Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 09:17:11 -0600 <-]From: Jon Pennington <jpennington@atipa.com> <-]To: suse-linux-e@suse.com <-]Subject: [SLE] WTerm and Shading <-] <-]Hi, everybody! <-] <-]I was wondering if anyone else out there has played with wterm much. A <-]coworker turned me on to it because wterm has the smallest memory footprint of <-]any of the terms out there. After using it for a while, I found that it did <-]*almost* everything that I need, as well as several things that I don't need ;). <-] <-]Currently, I use `wterm -tr -rv -geometry 80x40', which gives me an 80x40 <-]terminal with _TR_ansperency and _R_eversed _V_isual. I'm having trouble <-]figuring out if there is an option to set a shade on it as well, like Eterm <-]does. I've noticed a value in some of the documentation that mentions `shade: <-]boolean', but I don't know what it's referring to or how to implement it. <-] <-]Any ideas? BTW: I am *not* interested in `just use Eterm' posts. I'd rather <-]run wterm half-way functional than be saddled with Eterm ;). Hi Jon You can add any color that's in the rgb.txt file to your wterm. I have recently found out that options of xterm equally aply to wterm. That is, if you want to set a wterm window with a blue background, try wterm -bg blue (look in rgb.txt yo've got some stuff in it!) You want to get white characters with your green background while you open, let's say, an PINE session: wterm -bg green -fg white -e pine man xterm for more infos... ________________ Nicolas Beaulieu Economics Department, Universite Laval Centre de Recherches en Economie et Finances Appliquees (CREFA) Quebec, Canada 418-626-5033 _________________ http://www.penguinpowered.com/~montesquieu mailto:montesquieu@penguinpowered.com ICQ 15933500 ---> http://www.ccfa.org <--- ---> http://www.ccfc.ca <--- _________________ Le Renard: "Voici mon secret. Il est tres simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." Antoine de Saint-Exupery Le Petit Prince _________________ -- 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/Doku/FAQ/
On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Nicolas Beaulieu wrote: <-]<-]Currently, I use `wterm -tr -rv -geometry 80x40', which gives me an 80x40 <-]<-]terminal with _TR_ansperency and _R_eversed _V_isual. I'm having trouble <-]<-]figuring out if there is an option to set a shade on it as well, like Eterm <-]<-]does. I've noticed a value in some of the documentation that mentions `shade: <-]<-]boolean', but I don't know what it's referring to or how to implement it. <-] <-]Hi Jon <-] <-]You can add any color that's in the rgb.txt file to your wterm. I have <-]recently found out that options of xterm equally aply to wterm. <-] <-]That is, if you want to set a wterm window with a blue background, try <-]wterm -bg blue (look in rgb.txt yo've got some stuff in it!) <-] <-]You want to get white characters with your green background while you <-]open, let's say, an PINE session: <-]wterm -bg green -fg white -e pine <-] <-]man xterm for more infos... Sorry Jon, just realized that there was a missing part in my message while I was cleaning my mailbox.... So you should have read something like: For the shade option in wterm, you gotta add the "-sh" flag to your initial expression. I've tried to work with it so many times, and never been able to succeed without adding the "-wm" flag too, that creates the WindowMaker menu, from which you can change the "shading" color. It seems to be the only way to play with these shade options, as far as I know... So you would have to do something like wterm -rv -tr -sh -wm -geometry 80x40 You can also set your default configurations for wterm in ~/.Xdefaults... Have a look in WindowMaker's mailing lists... There once has been a discussion on wterm against aterm, the AfterStep's term, and the way they shade their terms... That might be interesting for you. As far as I am concerned, the shading colors of wterm are anything but nice. That's why I have abandonned this idea :) Hope this helps you more than the first reply :) ciao ________________ Nicolas Beaulieu Economics Department, Universite Laval Centre de Recherches en Economie et Finances Appliquees (CREFA) Quebec, Canada 418-626-5033 _________________ http://www.penguinpowered.com/~montesquieu mailto:montesquieu@penguinpowered.com ICQ 15933500 ---> http://www.ccfa.org <--- ---> http://www.ccfc.ca <--- _________________ Le Renard: "Voici mon secret. Il est tres simple: on ne voit bien qu'avec le coeur. L'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." Antoine de Saint-Exupery Le Petit Prince _________________ -- 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/Doku/FAQ/
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