From: antfio@MUZE.COM
Date: Wed Jun 26 2002 - 12:04:23 EDT
how would one find out the rainbow of colors available to dtterm for fg's
and bg's?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Green, Simon [mailto:SGreen@KRAFTEUROPE.COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 11:53 AM
> To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> Subject: Re: Exceed Desktop !!! Help Please !!!!
>
>
> No! dtterm rules!
> /usr/dt/bin/dtterm -display @d -bg white -fg black -ms red -fn 7x13
>
> (I usually set -name and -title as well.)
>
> A bright background with dark font is easier on the eyes.
> Yellow on black
> is one of the worst!
>
> (Your iris adjusts to the total light level. When the
> background is black
> that's quite low, but you're focusing on the text, which is
> much brighter.)
>
> What I actually have is slightly different colours for each
> server, so that
> I'm less likely to forget which one I'm about to shutdown...
>
>
> I used to use CDE, but it's so handy to be able to have a
> terminal window
> open alongside a reference document, (whether it's my own
> notes, or an
> on-line manual), or our problem management system. I never
> really used much
> of CDE apart from a simple terminal window, so why have all
> that overhead?
> Any application I really want I can invoke from the command
> line easily
> enough. Of course, I've always favoured using the keyboard
> rather than a
> mouse, even in Windows, so I'm much less likely to miss a GUI.
>
> Also, a simple dtterm, (or xterm, or aixterm) will run
> acceptably over a 56k
> modem. Still not quite as fast as telnet, but not too bad.
>
> Simon Green
> Philip Morris ITSC Europe
>
> AIX-L Archive at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=aix-l&r=1&w=2
> AIX FAQ at http://www.faqs.org/faqs/aix-faq/
>
> N.B. Unsolicited email from vendors will seldom be appreciated.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tim.Herman@MAIL.SPRINT.COM [mailto:Tim.Herman@MAIL.SPRINT.COM]
> > Sent: 26 June 2002 16:23
> > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Exceed Desktop !!! Help Please !!!!
> >
> >
> > This is how I do it, and it's beautifulll, except I use
> xterm instead
> > of dtterm. Use that string I sent you in your exceed config
> to pop up
> > individual xterm windows. Beats cde hands down, IMHO.
>
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