Re: Xdefaults VS Xresources

1999-01-16 Thread Branden Robinson
On Sun, Jan 17, 1999 at 12:20:40AM +1100, Shao Zhang wrote: > Could you clarify the differences between these two files?? Two different names for the same thing. > I just found out that I don't have .Xresources file in my home > directory... is this a problem?? Either mv $HOME/.Xdef

Xdefaults VS Xresources

1999-01-16 Thread Shao Zhang
Hi all, Could you clarify the differences between these two files?? I just found out that I don't have .Xresources file in my home directory... is this a problem?? Thx. Shao.

Re: .Xdefaults vs. .Xresources

1997-09-02 Thread Manoj Srivastava
Hi, Look at /etc/X11/Xsession. It looks at $HOME/.xsession (startup file) and $HOME/.Xresources (user defined resources). The latter is merged, using xrdb -merge, the former is executed at start up (as long as the line allow-user-xsession is present in /etc/X11/config).

Re: .Xdefaults vs. .Xresources

1997-09-02 Thread Heikki Vatiainen
My .Xresources is a symlink to .Xdefaults and I've had no problems either. I just checked /usr/lib/X11/xinit/xinitrc script and it thinks .Xresources is the right file. Here's a small snippet from the file. The $userresources variable is defined as 'usrresources=$HOME/.Xresources' in the beginn

Re: .Xdefaults vs. .Xresources

1997-09-02 Thread Rob Browning
Christopher Ray Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am a little confused as to the difference between these two files. It > seems that they are basically the same, or at least they contain the same > type of information. > > Which is preferrable to use? Can I use one, and then "source" it fro

.Xdefaults vs. .Xresources

1997-09-02 Thread Christopher Ray Martin
I am a little confused as to the difference between these two files. It seems that they are basically the same, or at least they contain the same type of information. Which is preferrable to use? Can I use one, and then "source" it from the other file (for programs which may use the other one)?