...from imputerate:  i just set, in .Xresources, a distinctive face for both emacs and xterm. the face showed up in emacs, buy NOT in the xterm/bash window; does that say something about who's telling  whom what to do? imp. OUCH! sorry; i was wrong. the changes DID show up in a new xterm/bash window; does that mean i should have a "resource" line in my .Xresources file? imp[ortunate].