FIxed in tetex-1.0.7-9.

The Xaw3d-enabled xdvi from tetex-xdvi-1.0.9-13 looks very poor when it is used
without an appropriate resource-file (/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/Xdvi).
This is the case in a default RH installation.

I toke some values from the xfig resourcefile (especially the *shadowWidth ones)
and could improve the lookout significantly. But because I am very untalented in
configuring program-faces and have no documentation about the Xaw3d resources,
my resource-file is incomplete and won't hit the taste of other people. ;)

umar@compsci.cas.vanderbilt.edu, because you seem to have working
Xaw3d-resources, can you provide them here please?

Hi...thanks. Now there is a problem that I reported as bug, and that is the latest rawhide
xdvi does not read the file (does not include) /etc/X11/app-defaults/XDvi....instead it
reads /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/XDvi or if one has xdvi resources in .Xresources file.

My resources are:

xdvi*background: SlateBlue
xdvi.background: White
xdvi*foreground: White
xdvi.foreground: Black
xdvi.borderColor: Green
xdvi.borderWidth: 4
xdvi.highlight: Green
xdvi*font: -b&h-lucidatypewriter-medium-r-normal-sans-14-100-100-100-m-80-iso8859-1
XDvi*mfMode: ljfour
XDvi*pixelsPerInch: 600
XDvi*shrinkFactor: 6
XDvi*paper: a4
XDvi*wwwBrowser: netscape


NOTES: The xdvi* resources refer to the buttons and menu part of the window whereas
              xdvi. ones refer to the actual preview window part. mfmode and pixelsPerInch
              are different than your defaults but I would think most people use 600 by now.
              Playing with shrink factor greatly improves the resolution of the preview. I have
              1280x1024.

Thanks.  I'll try to get most of these resources in the next build.  I'm wary 
of changing the shrink factor and pixelsPerInch, but the rest looks great.

The colors are nice but the 3D-effects looks a little bit scrappy here (I will
attach an image).
When putting 

*beNiceToColormap:           False

into the resource-file I can increase the lookout significantly.

I am running my X-server with 16bpp. Is it possible that X assumes the setting
above as default with 24 or 32bpp?

Created attachment 14663 [details]
$ xdvi  ## *beNiceToColormap not set

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$ xdvi  ## *beNiceToColormap set to false

When you actually load a DVI file, the buttons actually look 3D.  The file 
dialog doesn't seem to be using the resources though.

The buttons there are blue but the shadow-effect is realized by dotted lines
still. Setting the *beNiceToColormap resource to false makes it look
significantly better too.

Has this resource any negative effects on displays with more than 8bpp? AFAIK
there are no colormaps which must be respected, so it can be set by default
there.

I agree that setting xdvi*beNiceToColormap: False improves the look. I am using
16bpp and have no problems with this resource (although we are getting a bit
picky).

Looking into source I did not see any Xdvi or XDvi resource file and xdvi does not
seem to look for it except in /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/XDvi perhaps this can be done
in /usr/bin/xdvi script!

This is an unrelated question but is there a way to specify resources for that selFile
window that comes up when no file name is specified?

Fixed in tetex-1.0.7-16.  I don't know about the selFile window though; I 
couldn't get that to look any prettier.