how can i set the background color of GtkText?

[anuradha arora <anuradhampls yahoo com>]

hello, 
i have been at this for almost 2 days, it seems that
setting the background through an rc file just colours
the earlier-grey border(negligible border) to black,
and the white base on which text is displayed remains
the same.

i want to have white characters on a black background,
and a black background even when there is no text to
display.

even when i set the background color to black for the
parent widjet too (a vbox) still the white base is
still white? 

please tell me where i am goofing up, and a way out
for the above.

thanks a lot in advance,
anuradha





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