On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 05:58:49AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Sat, Nov 22, 2003 at 12:39:55AM +0200, Micha Feigin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Can someone recomend so documentation about Xresources & Xdefaults. > > I found some examples floating around but the exact syntax eludes me. > > I tried googling, looking in the HOWTO directory and apropos but it > > seems like I am not finding the right document. > > Generally: > > resource: value > > ...and '!' is the comment character. > > Note that resources have compound parts. > > > I picked up a copy of O'Reilly's _X Window System User's Guide_ some > years ago. > > /me thinks. Sheesh. Eight years already.... > > > ...which has a pretty good set of docs on X Window System Resources. > Most of which you can get from "man X" as suggested. The book is > probably overkill now, and largely obsolete, but I'm happy to have it. > > > For most applications which use the Xt toolkit (fewer these days, though > a lot of stuff outside GNOME and KDE does), the app's own manpage should > list resources. The manpages for xterm, twm, xclock, and xload should > provide some decent clues. There may be sample resource files in > /etc/X11/Xresources/ >
I picked up on most of the syntax, but there are a few points, such as it appears that using XTerm. affects all exterms even if they were called through a link (x-terminal-emulator for example) while xterm. affects only when called as xterm or whats the difference betwin xterm*fonts and xterm.fonts (some apps appear to prefer it one way and some the other some take both). > > Peace. > > -- > Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ > What Part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? > Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little > temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. > - Benjamin Franklin, 1755 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
