On Fri 21 Mar 2014 at 22:26:40 +0530, Anubhav Yadav wrote: > > Re-read what Vincent Zweije wrote, especially his first mail. Then > > re-read the answers in the stackexchange link you gave, concentrating on > > what is said about "specific" and "priority". Now re-read what you wrote: > > Yes, Vincent said that the default .Xresources contain some settings > with a higher priority. And the stackexchange comments says that if there > is an Xresource "somewhere" that has more specific settings like > XTerm*background > then it overides the generic settings like *background.
Spot on. Note *VT100*background is also more specific than *background. > > "*customization: -color" is from /etc/X11/Xresources/x11-common. It tells > > X what application specific resource file in /etc/X11/app-defaults to use. > > Normally the resource file used corresponds to the application name; for > > example, XTerm for xterm. The customization resource adds -color to the > > normal resource file name and so XTerm-color is used. > > It's very confusing to me. From what I interpret, the *customization: -color > simply selects XTerm-color resources instead of XTerm from > /etc/X11/app-defaults? Correct. Note that XTerm-color (you can check) includes XTerm, but this is of no importance for our purposes. > > Note that .Xresources is merged with XTerm-color but from your re-reading > > (and from your experience) you should realise it does not mean everything > > in it is applied. > > Take your *original* .Xresources and, in the light of your reading, look > > at the output (color1 etc in particular) of 'appres XTERM xterm'. > > color1 is #f92672 My fault; the command is 'appres XTerm xterm'. There should be two resource lines with color1 in them. One is from XTerm-color, the other is from the merged .Xresources. Which one is more specific? > > Now add the line > > *customization: > > to the original .Xresources and run the appres command again, Can you > > predict what should happen to an xterm when you start X? > > I am typing this *before* I make any changes in my .Xresources and > before "xrdb .Xresources" Don't use "xrdb .Xresources". It will wipe out averything from XTerm. Not that it really matters here but it is not part of the testing strategy. > I feel that this should overide the *customization: -color settings in > /etc/x11/Xresources and the settings in XTerm should be loaded. That's the correct conclusion; the color settings from XTerm-color will be absent and what is in .Xresources should prevail. > Okay after adding the said line in .Xresources (*customization:) and > reloading them > (xrdb .Xresource) color1 is > xterm*color1: #f92672 > > Which is the same? > > Am I missing something? Sorry for a delayed response! Yes - you've missed my propensity to mistype; :) correct it and you're there. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
