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

[Courtney Thomas]

"Inside" the "browser" window, not the xterm.

Thank you.

Matthew Brown wrote:

> Doesn't that area belong to the wm?  Or are you talking about the area
> INSIDE that?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Courtney Thomas
> Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 8:40 AM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] HOWTO: change Netscape BORDER from putrid green
> tonice grey, like the rest of browser window
> 
> 
> 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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