On 06Jan2009 11:50, Chris Linstid <clinstid@gmail.com> wrote: | Also confirmed the same problem on FreeBSD with xterm 238. I guess I need | to go bug X.org. :) You could put specific XTerm.vt100.color0, color1, etc settings in your .Xdefaults file and not be bothered in future if they change the defaults. Check out the section "VT100 Widget Resources" in man xterm. You might also find it useful to examine the file: /usr/X11/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color for the MacOSX xterm or: /opt/local/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color for the MacPorts version. I presume Fink's version is in the same place but with /sw instead of /opt/local. In fact, changes to that file probably underly the changes you see. Cheers, -- Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ The impossible we understand right away - the obvious takes a little longer.