Customizing the look on Linux

How to take 15 years off NEdit's looks
http://www.nedit.org/technotes/looks-1.php

This technote makes some helpful suggestions for .Xresource settings to
improve the look of the interface, but there should be a warning that
things work differently on Linux.

First, .Xresource settings related to colors and fonts in the text frame
will have no effect, because they are overridden by the NEdit config
settings. So, you have to set those things from within NEdit.

Second, there seem to be many differences between Motif and LessTif. Not
every resource listed in nedit.c works with LessTif, and some things
work that aren't listed. Here is a set of things I've discovered through
trial and error using the Debian version, along with some suggested
initial settings.

nedit*shadowThickness: 1
nedit*textFrame.shadowThickness: 0
nedit*menuBar.shadowThickness: 0
nedit*XmToggleButton.indicatorSize: 14
nedit*background: #DEDBD6
nedit*foreground: #000000
nedit*topShadowColor:
nedit*bottomShadowColor:
nedit*XmFileSelectionBox.fileFilterStyle: FILTER_HIDDEN_FILES
nedit*FontList: 

These parameters control most of the things you would want to adjust. A
source of further things to try is the X Resources chapter of the NEdit
manual.

I now have only one remaining configuration problem. I have not found a
combination of settings that would make the font in text-input boxes
match the text frame rather than the lists/menus.

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