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Posted: Jan. 16 2006,19:24 QUOTE

Hi, installed the python compiler using mydsl--I can't see entered text and the window itself is transparent/dark.  If I scroll over entered text, it comes up white.  

running old gateway made for winblows me, 128MB RAM--could the relatively low RAM size be a problem?
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Posted: Jan. 16 2006,20:53 QUOTE

128mb is plenty for DSL.  I think it's more likely that the package hasn't been updated since the x terminal was changed to light on dark as default.  The myDSL menu command for python might be "rxvt -rv", or maybe "-fg black", which would give you black text on the dark background.

There are a few ways around this...
You could edit the menu item to read "aterm -e /path/to/python".
You could duplicate the aterm lines in .Xdefaults and make them apply to rxvt (or xterm?).
You could open a terminal and use the python command directly, rather than using the menu. I think the command is "/opt/python/bin/python", but you might need to refer to the mydsl menu (at the top of .fluxbox/menu) to find the actual command.


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Posted: Jan. 17 2006,03:44 QUOTE

I think I can open the terminal and open python "by hand" as it were (playing with snakes again...).  But I am a damned newb, so wish me luck (a newb hooked on dsl...).  Thanks for your quick help!
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