Boston Linux & Unix (BLU) Home | Calendar | Mail Lists | List Archives | Desktop SIG | Hardware Hacking SIG
Wiki | Flickr | PicasaWeb | Video | Maps & Directions | Installfests | Keysignings
Linux Cafe | Meeting Notes | Blog | Linux Links | Bling | About BLU

BLU Discuss list archive


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Xdefaults



Ouch!  This seems to be window manager dependent, Xfce still uses 
$HOME/.Xdefaults, all the other WMs I have don't.  Solaris 10 also uses 
   I notice that Solaris 10 still uses $HOME/.Xdefaults.

Any history on this change?



	Jerry Natowitz
	j.natowitz-KealBaEQdz4 at public.gmane.org


Matthew Gillen wrote:
> Stephen Adler wrote:
>> What's the correct method of setting up your environment using the 
>> .Xdefaults like file. the reason I ask is that for a long time I've put 
>> all my emacs* configuration settings in an .Xdefults file in my home 
>> directory, all was good. But now, my .Xdefaults file is being ignored 
>> when I log in. What's the new .Xdefaults file where I should put all my 
>> X11 configuration settings?
> 
> Try ~/.Xresources.  You can poke around in /etc/X11/xinit/ to see some of 
> the other dot files that get referenced (that one on my fedora system is in 
> /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc-common)
> 
> HTH,
> Matt
> _______________________________________________
> Discuss mailing list
> Discuss-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org
> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
> 






BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
BLU is a member of BostonUserGroups
We also thank MIT for the use of their facilities.

Valid HTML 4.01! Valid CSS!



Boston Linux & Unix / webmaster@blu.org