On 02/05/2024 10:11, Greg Wooledge wrote:
On Thu, May 02, 2024 at 09:34:13AM +0700, Max Nikulin wrote:
On 01/05/2024 21:58, Sirius wrote:
I was right about .Xresources that it is one of the files used for loading
settings into the X server, but urxvt looks at .Xdefaults instead.
It is a bit strange. Applications should not read these files directly.
Content should be loaded during X session startup, see
/etc/X11/Xsession.d/30x11-common_xresources
After modification of .Xresources it is necessary to invoke xrdb(1).
I'm not sure about rxvt-unicode, but the original rxvt definitely
worked that way.
Almost certainly I was wrong. .Xresources should be read by xrdb, while
.Xdefaults (older method) is read by applications.
https://superuser.com/questions/243914/what-is-the-difference-between-xresources-and-xdefaults
1. app-defaults file in $XAPPLRESDIR
2. $HOME/.Xdefaults
3. RESOURCE_MANAGER property on root-window of screen 0
4. SCREEN_RESOURCES property on root-window of the current screen
5. $XENVIRONMENT file OR $HOME/.Xdefaults-<nodename>
6. resources specified via -xrm on the commandline
It says you can use xrdb, but then lists the places it looks, and that
list does not include xrdb(?). I don't understand what this means.
Items 3 and 4 in this list are places where xrdb stores properties.
