The bug: $HOME/.xpdfrc was being ignored, and xresources were being
ignored and c/line args were being ignored.


This Worked For Me As Follows(tm).

First, you need to determine *which* files are being read by xpdf.

I ran xpdf (no arguments) in strace and redirected all output to a file:
   $  strace xpdf &> traceoutput

I then grepped the file for all "open" system calls with xpdf
   $ grep "open" traceoutput | grep  xpdf

>From that I was able to determine that /etc/xpdf/xpdfrc was being
opened. You may have a different xpdfrc file getting opened, but I
guarantee that *some* xpdfrc is being opened, and using strace you will
find it.

Once you find it, put this line into it right at the end:
include #HOME/.xpdfrc

Now create $HOME/.xpdfrc and put your settings into it. Rerunning strace
xpdf now shows an "open" system call with my $HOME/.xpdfrc getting
opened.


HTH, HAND

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