Re: Xterm : Annoyance with a solution

 > It maybe the right place, but when I used the changes would not
 > persist between bootings.

Like I said, you need the xrdb line somewhere in your startup scripts
-- .xinitrc or .xsession, depending on the X startup you use.

    xrdb -load ~/.Xresources

Unix is a multi-user system. When many people use a system, there is a
difference between user and system configs. This is a mental shift
many users coming from Windows find hard to make.

This also means that transferring your environment between machines
easy. When you move all your regular files, your config -- colors,
fonts, backgrounds, desktop etc. -- moves too, without any extra
effort. This again may be strange to Windows users.

-s