On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, Ben Arthur wrote: > actually, things have changed now. a manual xrdb on the command > line no longer works, and i've found out that the default xinitrc > is actually executing. so the question then becomes, why doesn't > xrdb merge my .Xresources file properly, either from within the > default xinitrc or from the command line? here's the contents: > > xterm*saveLines: 500 > X Resources can be rather hierarchical, so it may be that when xterm reads the resources out of the myriad of places it can get them, it is finding one that matches more exactly. For instance, I have this line in my .Xresources file:
XTerm.VT100.SaveLines: 1500 If a resource by that name is out there somewhere, xterm would consider that a more exact match for the number of lines to save when it is displaying its VT100 window. An "xrdb -query" can help with things like this, or you could dig through things like /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults. Alternatively, you could specify like I have, and it might work. As much as I love good old 'xterm', I, personally, give iTerm the nod. If you like to spend more time in aqua-land, you might give it a try. Good luck! Wayne "I'm so old I've actually used the xterm Tektronix mode" Brehob ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wayne Brehob [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Fink-users mailing list Fink-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-users
