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?