> >uxterm $colours -sb -rightbar -geometry 100x50+300+10 -bc +vb &
>
> I wish you'd told me this 25 years ago, but today is the second best
> time :-). Now here's a tough one that I haven't been able to find an
> answer to: How do I set -bg to an rgb value in the uxterm command
> itself, or a shellscript that calls the command?

Hello

xterm -fg '#00c020' -bg '#500050'

Note that the # needs to be quoted or escaped, otherwise the shell
thinks it is the start of a comment and disregards it.

regards

marc