On Fri 03 Apr 2020 at 18:18:31 -0400, Todd Gruhn wrote: > In my root-window I have a (root?) menu with cascading submenus. > I figured out how to use .Xresources to define several fg/bg menu-color > pairs. THAT APPLIES TO ALL MENUS. The mwm manual page seems somewhat garbled for me in several parts, but I am guessing you followed the part of the manpage in section "Component Appearance Resources" that says If menu is specified, the resource is applied only to mwm menus; if icon is specified, the resource is applied to icons; and if client is specified, the resource is applied to client window frames. For example, Mwm*icon*foreground is used to specify the foreground color for mwm icons, Mwm*menu*foreground specifies the foreground color for mwm menus, and Mwm*client*foreground is used to specify the foreground color for mwm client window frames. > What if I want the top menu to have the color pair fg1/bg1; > the GAME sub-menu to have color pair fg2/bg2; > the APPLICATIONS sub-menu to have color pair fg3/bg3 ? in the same section a bit further down I found this: The appearance of menus can be configured based on the name of the menu. The syntax for specifying menu appearance by name is Mwm*menu* menu_name*resource_id For example, Mwm*menu*my_menu*foreground specifies the foreground color for the menu named my_menu. So it seems that you can specify colours etc based on the name of the menu. -Olaf. -- Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert -- rhialto at falu dot nl ___ Anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on \X/ no account be allowed to do the job. --Douglas Adams, "THGTTG"
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