On Mon 02 Jun 2014 at 16:27:22 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2014-06-02 14:11:03 +0100, Brian wrote: > > I looked in the place that startx and the DMs look with a default > > install of X. Which is not to deny your valid point. However. a user > > would have to put in the extra effort to use .Xdefaults-<hostname> or, > > if they know it is possible, a .Xresources directory. I'm of the opinion > > that for most use cases mentioning .Xdefaults causes confusion at the > > very least. > > There's no extra effort to use .Xdefaults-<hostname>: it's hardcoded > in libX11.
Fair enough. Now, if only users were advised to use .Xdefaults-<hostname> or .Xresources. Instead the choice is always .Xdefaults or .Xresources. As I think we are agreed, one of these doesn't work. Ok, it can be made to work; for example I've seen linking .Xresources and .Xdefaults as a solution but have never quite grasped why .Xresource by itself is unsatisfactory. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/02062014182252.dbe086f23...@desktop.copernicus.demon.co.uk
