Xdefaults and options

You can put the following options into your .Xdefaults file:

     xtrek.boldfont:         6x10b
     xtrek.font:             6x10
     xtrek.name:             DragonSlayer
     xtrek.reverseVideo:     off
     xtrek.showShields:      on
     xtrek.showStats:        on
     xtrek.stats.geometry:   +0+655
     xtrek.GAlertPattern:    0xf
     xtrek.YAlertPattern:    0xa 0x5
     xtrek.RAlertPattern:    0x0f 0x0f 0x0f 0x0f 0xf0 0xf0 0xf0 0xf0
     xtrek.ralert:           red
     xtrek.yalert:           yellow
     xtrek.galert:           green
     xtrek.border:           blue
     xtrek.background:       black
     xtrek.text:             white
     xtrek.warning:          red
     xtrek.unknown:          light grey
     xtrek.me:               white

Fonts

These options allow you to change fonts used in the game. Our advice: "Don't."

name

This is your playername.

reversevideo

On black and white monitors this can ease eye-strain.

showShields

This causes the shields of you and other players to appear as a circle around your ship when they are up.

showStats

This option will put up a visual status window above your display. Some players find this easier to read than numbers. The stats.geometry uses standard X syntax for a screen position.

Alert Patterns

These patterns are useful for showing your current alert status based on the border pattern. It is used for black and white monitors only. The alert colors are used for color monitors. I think changing them would be silly.

Colors

These options allow you to set colors on various objects so you can get much more information from your display. Obviously, these only matter for color monitors.