Re: [help-gv] locator box

[Silvio Levy]

Dear Orion

I never thanked you for this...  Having edited the executable, I never
got around to trying your suggestion until after I bought a new laptop.

It works perfectly.

So, many thanks, over two years later.

Silvio Levy



> Silvio Levy wrote:
> > I'm unable to change the font size or the background color in the
> > locator box (the place that says 295 x 117 ) using X resources.  I typed
> > 
> > strings `which gv` | grep -i font > out
> > 
> > then edited ALL the entries in "out" changing the font size to 180
> > instead of 120, and finally typed
> > 
> > xrdb -merge out  (or -load)
> > 
> > Now gv shows the information at the top (date, filename etc) with
> > the larger font, but the locator information remains resolutely tiny.
> > 
> > I also tried to change to white the background color in the locator box
> > (which, perversely, is dark gray), by editing the line
> > 
> > GV*locator*background:                  gray65
> > 
> > Again, no change in behavior.  
> > 
> > What am I doing wrong?
> > 
> 
> Try putting the resource entries in ~/.gv.  Don't know why it doesn't 
> take them from the X resource database.
> 
> 
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> Orion Poplawski
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