Hi Paul $ man xrdb
can help you. $ xrdb -query $ xrdb -load <file_contains_resources> are good starts. Regards, Paul E Condon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Long ago, I was a RedHat user. When I moved to Debian, I kept a copy > of a file, .Xresources, that made Emacs display under X in a way that > I liked. Now in trying to use Etch, I discover that the file doesn't > work quite the way I want under xserver-xorg. I want to tweek it, but > can't find docs that address my questions in a way that I recognize. I > think my main issue is with the line: > > emacs*font: fixed > > This is used in a lot of X config files that are published on the web, > but I can't find any information about what its actually intended to do. > For me, it changes the size of the font that is used to display the text > being editted. Without this line the size is bigish, with this line it > is smaller by two or three points. In Etch, with this line, the text is > also in condensed type, that is the letters are scrunched together so as > to fit more letters in a given space. > > So, there appear to be default font selections set up somewhere and this > line switches among them. Where are these defaults set up? In both xorg > and in xfree? Where can I find an explanation of the value 'fixed' in > this context? What other values are accepted in this line? What do the > other values do? Etc.? > > -- > Paul E Condon > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Marcio Roberto Teixeira chave pública: hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net http://marciotex.googlepages.com/keypub_8709626B.asc página pessoal (em construção): http://marciotex.googlepages.com Usuário "tchê" Debian/GNULinux Porto Alegre - RS - Brasil -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]