Depicting severity using text color on UNIX

By default, the severity of an event in the event list is indicated by the background color of its row. On UNIX operating systems only, you can configure the event list to use a single background color, and instead use the alert text color to depict severity.

1. Back up the event list resource definition file $NCHOME/omnibus/desktop/app-defaults/arch/NCOEvent, where arch is your operating system.
   This step is advisable in case you need to revert to the original file.
2. Edit the NCOEvent file by adding the following X resource lines to define the background and text colors for the event list:

   NCOEvent*inverseVideo:True
   
   NCOEvent*clearColour: Black
   NCOEvent*indetColour: Black
   NCOEvent*warnColour: Black
   NCOEvent*minorColour: Black
   NCOEvent*majorColour: Black
   NCOEvent*critColour: Black
   
   NCOEvent*ackClearColour: Black
   NCOEvent*ackIndetColour: Black
   NCOEvent*ackWarnColour: Black
   NCOEvent*ackMinorColour: Black
   NCOEvent*ackMajorColour: Black
   NCOEvent*ackCritColour: Black
   
   NCOEvent*clearTextColour: green3
   NCOEvent*indetTextColour: DarkOrchid2
   NCOEvent*warnTextColour: SteelBlue1
   NCOEvent*minorTextColour: yellow1
   NCOEvent*majorTextColour: #ffffb432294a
   NCOEvent*critTextColour: red1
   
   NCOEvent*ackClearTextColour: #008000
   NCOEvent*ackIndetTextColour: DarkOrchid4
   NCOEvent*ackWarnTextColour: SteelBlue3
   NCOEvent*ackMinorTextColour: yellow3
   NCOEvent*ackMajorTextColour: #b5ab63bd0000
   NCOEvent*ackCritTextColour: red3

   Tip: In this sample text, the background color is set to Black, but you can specify another color with a good contrast to the text colors specified. If you want to use a different set of colors to depict severity, you might find it useful to verify the selection of colors that are available for use. These colors are listed in the file /usr/openwin/lib/rgb.txt.
3. Save your changes to the file.
4. To ensure that the defined color settings are loaded into your environment, set the XAPPLRESDIR environment variable to the location where the updated resource definition file NCOEvent is stored.

   This location is:

   $NCHOME/omnibus/desktop/app-defaults/arch/

   Where arch is your operating system directory.

   Tip: Set the XAPPLRESDIR environment variable in the .login or .profile initialization file for your shell to make your color settings permanent.
5. Merge the colors with the system colors by entering the following command:

   /usr/openwin/bin/xrdb -merge $NCHOME/omnibus/desktop/app-defaults/arch/NCOEvent

   Where arch is your operating system directory.