On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 19:17:41 -0800 Marc Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 10:45:11PM +0100, Wim De Smet wrote: > > /etc/X11/app-defaults/Rxvt contains the following two lines: > > background:black > > foreground:white > > Yet rxvt is allways loaded with background white and foreground > > black. > > If that's all the line actually says, of course rxvt isn't going to > pay the slightest attention. You haven't created a resource that it > SHOULD pay attention to.
I haven't created any resource. This is a standard app-default that gets installed with the package. Maybe a bug? > > X resources are hierarchial. The name of the file they're defined in > is entirely irrelevant. > > So, try this: > > rxvt*background: black > rxvt*foreground: white > > I don't know for sure what class name rxvt actually uses, but a > preusal of the documentation will tell you. > > -- I'll try it. But this still doesn't solve the entire problem. When using .xsession, none of the app-defaults get loaded (eg. Xterm has a white background and other stuff like that). Any thoughts on that would still be welcome. thx, Wim -- Only two things are infinite: human stupidity and the universe, and I'm not sure about the latter. -- Albert Einstein -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
