[ale] HOWTO: change Netscape BORDER from putrid green to nice grey, like the rest of browser window

Courtney Thomas ccthomas at joimail.com
Wed Dec 10 08:29:59 EST 2003


Thank you.

What I want to change is ONLY the browser border, i.e. that area inside 
the window that includes the buttons/menus on top, the information bar 
on the bottom and that very thin area on the sides.

The fg & bg are OK.

I can't stand that putrid green.

Cordially,
Courtney

Geoffrey wrote:

> Jim Philips wrote:
> 
>> On Tuesday 09 December 2003 12:26 pm, Courtney Thomas wrote:
>>
>>> Netscape7.1 under Debian 2.4.17, if it matters.
>>
>>
>>
>> I think this really depends on the window decorations and color
>> scheme you're using in your windowing environment. KDE? Gnome?
>> Something else? If it's KDE, I know what to tell you. I change my
>> desktop look on KDE about once a month. Otherwise, somebody else will
>> have to pipe up.
> 
> 
> You should be able to change the default background and foreground by 
> either setting .Xdefaults values:
> 
> Netscape*foreground:    blue
> Netscape*background:     red
> 
> Or by passing a parm when you start netscape:
> 
> netscape -bg green &
> 
> bg for background, fg for foreground.  Foreground on Netscape will be 
> the words on the menus (I think), whereas background will be the window 
> itself.
> 
> I hope that's what you're trying to do.
> 


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Courtney Thomas
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