[CCing debian-x] On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 12:26:23AM +0100, Henning Makholm wrote: > Scripsit Jacobo221 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Currently, Debian doesn't support ~/.Xdefaults but does support > > ~/.Xresources. The ways to walk around this are to soft link or to change > > it's name. > > Beware! The intended semantics of .Xresources and .Xdefaults is *not > the same*! > > .Xresources is meant to be loaded into the X *server* when a user logs > in. It will affect all clients started during the X session, even > clients running on remote machines. > > .Xdefaults is loaded locally by each *client* as it starts up. Settings > in it will affect all clients *running* on that machine and account, > even if they connect to a remote server. > > Each kind of settings is useful, and I daresay that there are Debian > users out there who depend on the ability to define either kind of > settings - even though the vast majority are probably not aware of the > difference, and many of them misuse the files because they don't know > the difference.
All true. Thanks for offering this clarification. > If you read the manpage X(7x) you'll find that Debian does not use the > name .Xdefaults bu default, but instead .Xdefaults-<hostname>. That is > presumably intentional. It is. The reason is that because the application-defaults are loaded client-side, you may want to customize them on a per-host basis. You already get this with the server-side resources because your X session runs out of $HOME. > You should be able to override this by setting $XENVIRONMENT in your > .profile or .login file. If that does not work (and you're sure its > not your own fault, or the individual application's), file a bug > report against libXt6. The package's name is libxt6 (all lowercase), but yes. It's also worth noting that, as far as I know, *only* Xt-based applications use application-defaults. So if an X client isn't linked against libXt, please don't blame libXt. :) Thanks again. -- G. Branden Robinson | It may be difficult to to determine Debian GNU/Linux | where religious beliefs end and [EMAIL PROTECTED] | mental illness begins. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Elaine Cassel
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