On Fri, 5 Dec 1997, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Hi, > > I added the line: > > xterm.scrollBar: true > > In a .Xdefaults file to turn on scrollbars automatically on xterms, but X > seemed to ignore this. How does Debian deal with Xdefaults? And where > can I read about these things? >
You've gotten a lot of good info about .Xdefaults or .Xresources but the answer to your question about how to enable the scroll bar in an xterm is: XTerm*scrollBar: on This info is contained in the xterm man page as is nearly all information about application specific X resources. Note the capitalization of the class name 'XTerm', it is case sensitive. The man page on 'X' has a lot of general information about X windows including a section on Resources. The man page on xrdb would also be pertinent to this. After you've finished this assignment ... :) ====================================================================== Steve Witt (714) 730-3245 PairGain Technologies, Inc. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
