buffer tabs background

i have % xrdb -q | grep 'Emacs.*ack' Emacs*Background: mycolor4 Emacs*Tabs*background: rosybrown2 Emacs*XlwScrollBar.Background: mycolor3 Emacs*XlwScrollBar.bottomShadowColor: black Emacs*backgroundToolBarColor: mycolor3 Emacs*dialog*Background: mycolor3 Emacs*menubar*Background: mycolor3 Emacs*popup*Background: mycolor4 Emacs.default.attributeBackground: mycolor4 % but 1. the buffer tabs background is unmistakenly mycolor4 (a very dark blue) when i specified rosybrown2 also, 2. i can set the tabs bg color with editres, but when emacs gains the focus the tabs are redrawn with mycolor4 (i.e., generic bg color) 3. if i set the borderwith of the tabs, they are clipped in the bottom 4. tabs aren't visually pleasing if they have a dark bg, and there are no/botton shadow pixel resources to modify, to get a better look ---------------------------- details under this line ------------------- uname -a: Linux boffi95.stru.polimi.it 2.2.12-20 #1 Mon Sep 27 10:25:54 EDT 1999 i586 unknown ./configure '--extra-verbose' '--with-athena=3d' '--with-modules' '--error-checking=none' '--debug' '--use-union-type' XEmacs 21.2-b31 "Iris" configured for `i586-pc-linux'. Where should the build process find the source code? /home/jim/src/xemacs What installation prefix should install use? /usr/local What operating system and machine description files should XEmacs use? `s/linux.h' and `m/intel386.h' What compiler should XEmacs be built with? gcc -g -O3 -Wall -Wno-switch -Wpointer-arith -Winline -Wmissing-prototypes -Wshadow Should XEmacs use the GNU version of malloc? yes (Using Doug Lea's new malloc from the GNU C Library.) Should XEmacs use the relocating allocator for buffers? no What window system should XEmacs use? x11 Where do we find X Windows header files? /usr/X11R6/include Where do we find X Windows libraries? /usr/X11R6/lib Athena library to link: Xaw3d Athena header include path: X11/Xaw3d Compiling in support for XAUTH. Compiling in support for XPM images. Compiling in support for PNG image handling. Compiling in support for (builtin) GIF image handling. Compiling in support for JPEG image handling. Compiling in support for TIFF image handling. Compiling in support for X-Face message headers. Compiling in native sound support. Compiling in support for Berkeley DB. Compiling in support for ncurses. Compiling in support for GPM (General Purpose Mouse). Compiling in support for proper WM_COMMAND handling. Using Lucid menubars. Using Lucid scrollbars. Using Athena native widgets. Using Athena dialog boxes. Compiling in dynamic shared object module support. movemail will use "dot-locking" for locking mail spool files. Using the union type for Lisp_Objects. Compiling in extra code for debugging.