Re: [vile] Configuration help wanted for .vilemenu and font resources

[Chris G]

On Sat, Sep 04, 2010 at 11:43:37AM +0100, Chris G wrote:
> I have a couple of minor configuration niggles that I can't work out.
> 
> I have xvile 9.8 running on two Ubuntu 10.04 systems, one is my
> desktop system running xubuntu and the other is a server system
> running ubuntu server.  They have identical .vilerc, .vilemenu and
> .app-defaults.  However they don't both work the same.
> 
> When I ssh to the server system and run xvile there to display on my
> desktop (ssh -X) the menu is as specified by the resources in
> .app-defaults/XVile:-
> 
>     XVile.menuBackground: grey70
>     XVile.menuForeground: black
> 
> but when I run xvile locally on my desktop machine the menu has white
> text on a black background.  The .app-defaults/XVile files are identical:-
> 
>     chris$ diff .app-defaults/XVile /mws/home/chris/.app-defaults/XVile
>     chris$ 
> 
> All the other resources in the file work as expected (geometry, other
> colours, etc.), it's just the menu colours aren't working.
> 
> 
> Now to the other small question, what do I need to set the Xvile*font
> resource to so I get the 7x14 font specified in .vilemenu as:-
> 
>     B:Font 7x14..:setv $font=7x14
> 
I've sorted the font problem, there was a typo in my resource file so
the font resource wasn't working.  I'm still stumped by my black menu
on one system though.

-- 
Chris Green