On Sun, Jun 20, 2004 at 01:07:12AM +0000, javac javac wrote: > in the past i've done things like "xterm -bgcolor black ..." to > configure my own terminal. however, how do i change the settings > for the default terminal, please? That works for xterm but for gnome's terminal click on edit-->Current Profile in the toolbar and go from there. hint #1 ... run "xprop" in a terminal window and then click on that window of interest and you will see lots of junk including hints on the application that is active. hint #2 click on the title bar's help region pull down to "about". most applications will have help and some clarification about what you are running (program, version, etc.) hint #3 most icons have properties. right click on the icon, then properties and look for the line with "Command:" on it. You should see the command line that is used to launch the application. -- T o m M i t c h e l l /dev/null the ultimate in secure storage.
