marc said on Sun, 29 Jun 2025 11:40:25 +0200

>> >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.

Thanks Marc,

The quotes were the secret sauce I just couldn't discover. Works
perfectly now, no need to make color names in English.

Thanks,

SteveT

Steve Litt

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