Re: .Xdefaults file

2009-12-25 Thread Anh Ky Huynh
On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:10:26 + Jamie Griffin wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 01:45:52PM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > > > I think case matters here, i.e. XTerm*, not Xterm or xterm. > > > Exactly the problem. Thank you! > > Curious, on my system (7.2)

Re: .Xdefaults file

2009-12-23 Thread Thomas Dickey
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 10:10:26PM +, Jamie Griffin wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 01:45:52PM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > > > I think case matters here, i.e. XTerm*, not Xterm or xterm. > > > Exactly the problem. Thank you! > > Curious, on my sys

Re: .Xdefaults file

2009-12-22 Thread Jamie Griffin
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 01:45:52PM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > I think case matters here, i.e. XTerm*, not Xterm or xterm. > Exactly the problem. Thank you! Curious, on my system (7.2) my ~/.Xdefaults uses lowercase 'xterm*...' values. At least you got it working whic

Re: .Xdefaults file

2009-12-22 Thread Rem P Roberti
> > > I went through a number of fonts until I settled on the one I liked > > most. Then I created an .Xdefaults file in my home directory which > > included: > > > > Xterm*faceName Bitstream Vera Sans Mono > > Xterm*faceSize 10 > > I think case

Re: .Xdefaults file

2009-12-22 Thread Yuri Pankov
d > most. Then I created an .Xdefaults file in my home directory which > included: > > Xterm*faceName Bitstream Vera Sans Mono > Xterm*faceSize 10 I think case matters here, i.e. XTerm*, not Xterm or xterm. > > Everything works fine. However, when I tried to to thi

Re: .Xdefaults file

2009-12-22 Thread Rem P Roberti
On 2009.12.22 18:03:00 +, Jamie Griffin wrote: > On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 09:38:19AM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote: > > > rendered correctly, but I can't get X to read the .Xdefaults file. > > ideas on why .Xdefauts works on the desktop box but not the laptop? > >

Re: .Xdefaults file

2009-12-22 Thread Jamie Griffin
On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 09:38:19AM -0800, Rem P Roberti wrote: > rendered correctly, but I can't get X to read the .Xdefaults file. > ideas on why .Xdefauts works on the desktop box but not the laptop? Could it be that you need to make sure your xterm is executing a login shell whe

.Xdefaults file

2009-12-22 Thread Rem P Roberti
On my desktop box I settled on an xterm font and font size by experimenting thus: xterm -fa 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono' -fs 10 I went through a number of fonts until I settled on the one I liked most. Then I created an .Xdefaults file in my home directory which included: Xter

.Xdefaults info (global xterm resizing continued)

2004-03-05 Thread Aaron Peterson
ch results on google for the term ".Xdefaults". Often you can find all the information you need using google.) Aaron ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: .Xdefaults

2003-06-30 Thread Sergey \"DoubleF\" Zaharchenko
Matthew Seaman wrote: On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 11:22:47AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I'm using FreeBSD 5.1 and came across something today. Say I wanted to make xterms background by default i could add XTerm*background: black into my ~/.Xdefaults file and it would load by de

Re: .Xdefaults

2003-06-30 Thread Matthew Seaman
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 11:22:47AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, I'm using FreeBSD 5.1 and came across something today. Say I > wanted to make xterms background by default i could add > > XTerm*background: black > > into my ~/.Xdefaults file and it would load by

.Xdefaults

2003-06-30 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, I'm using FreeBSD 5.1 and came across something today. Say I wanted to make xterms background by default i could add XTerm*background: black into my ~/.Xdefaults file and it would load by default. Where would I go about finding out more options for more programs to place them

Re: Xterm won't accept changes to .Xdefaults

2003-06-11 Thread parv
in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Fredrik Carlén thusly... > > I even tried "$ xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults" even though I don't know > what it does... >From xrdb(1)... -load This option indicates that the input should be loaded as the new

Xterm won't accept changes to .Xdefaults

2003-06-11 Thread Fredrik Carlén
Hello! I use KDE3.0 on FreeBSD 5.0-RELEASE. My xterm won't accept the changes I have made to ~/.Xdefaults, but my emacs sure does. I /have/ run "$ xrdb ~/.Xdefaults", I even tried "$ xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults" even though I don't know what it does... Now for the i