Re: how can i set the background color of GtkText?

[anuradha arora <anuradhampls yahoo com>]

hi!
Please could u tell me if there is any way to set the
base color of the text? is it possible?
regrads,
anuradha.
--- Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com> wrote:
> anuradha arora <anuradhampls yahoo com> writes:
>
> > 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.
>
> the normally white color is 'base', the normally
> black
> color used on top of 'base' is 'text'. These are
> separate
> colors from 'fg' / 'bg'.
>
> Regards,
>                                         Owen
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