Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 07:26:06 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu> To: "Alain G. Fabry" <fabry@panam.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Xresources or Xdefaults Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810020721520.365-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu> In-Reply-To: <136701bdee0a$47a19f60$5531d5c6@earth.coserve.org>
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On Fri, 2 Oct 1998, Alain G. Fabry wrote: >What's the difference between ~/.Xresources and ~/.Xdefaults? >Why would one prefer using one from the other? >Thanks, > >Alain There is not a difference really. I believe the two files are discussed in 'man X'. When you start your X session you will have a line in the .xsession (or equivalent) that says "xrdb -merge .Xresources". This could just as easily say "xrdb -merge .Xdefaults". There is a notable exception. Rxvt (terminal emulator if you didnt know) doesn't read X resources in the same way that most other X apps do. Rxvt requires it's settings to be maintained in the .X defaults file. Rxvt reads this file directly instead of querying the resource database. Catchya Later, | UW Mechanical Engineering Jason Wells | http://weber.u.washington.edu/~jcwells/ | 206-633-5994 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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