[gentoo-user] X resources contorl file

[gentoo-user] X resources contorl file

[reader]

Once upon a time.  I think before there was a `gentoo', linux users
used an ~/.Xdefaults file to control or set how many of the apps run
in X would look, what font etc.

I've used it for many years and don't really remember when I quit
paying attention to it.  Probably not as a gentoo user which would
span about 1.7 or so years. 

There was a point where the name changed from .Xdefaults to
.xresources and I use to symlink my old .Xdefaults to .xresources.

Now running gentoo (synced about a week ago), xorg-x11-7.1 and kdebase
3.5.5-r1.

I'd like to start using that kind of resource control file again.  Can
anyone tell me if that is possible in Kde and if so how it is done?

Currently the .xresoruces file appears to be ignored.



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Re: [gentoo-user] X resources contorl file

[Nagatoro]

reader@newsguy.com wrote:
[...]
> Currently the .xresoruces file appears to be ignored.

Try with a capital X (.Xresources).

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[reader]

Nagatoro <nagatoro@gmail.com> writes:

> reader@newsguy.com wrote:
> [...]
>> Currently the .xresoruces file appears to be ignored.
>
> Try with a capital X (.Xresources).

Haa.. there was a time and maybe different OS where case didn't matter
so I never thought to try that.

Even this time, I quickly tried it and saw no difference and was on
the verge of posting back saying it didn't change anything but I
pondered a moment and thought to try restarting X.  Sure enough, the
lowercase was the problem.  On restarting X the data in .Xresources
was recognized.

I'd quit even using it mnths ago and am glad to have it back...Thanks.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Re: X resources contorl file

[Alan McKinnon]

On Thursday 16 November 2006 04:37, reader@newsguy.com wrote:
> Nagatoro <nagatoro@gmail.com> writes:
> > reader@newsguy.com wrote:
> > [...]
> >
> >> Currently the .xresoruces file appears to be ignored.
> >
> > Try with a capital X (.Xresources).
>
> Haa.. there was a time and maybe different OS where case didn't
> matter so I never thought to try that.
>
> Even this time, I quickly tried it and saw no difference and was on
> the verge of posting back saying it didn't change anything but I
> pondered a moment and thought to try restarting X.  Sure enough, the
> lowercase was the problem.  On restarting X the data in .Xresources
> was recognized.
>
> I'd quit even using it mnths ago and am glad to have it
> back...Thanks.

In my experience you'll find that your kde and gnome apps will pretty 
much mostly ignore your .Xresources or at the very least what's in it 
gets overridden by kcontrol/gconf.

Your other X apps work just fine of course

alan
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[reader]

Alan McKinnon <alan@linuxholdings.co.za> writes:

>> I'd quit even using it mnths ago and am glad to have it
>> back...Thanks.
>
> In my experience you'll find that your kde and gnome apps will pretty 
> much mostly ignore your .Xresources or at the very least what's in it 
> gets overridden by kcontrol/gconf.
>
> Your other X apps work just fine of course

Probably the single biggest use I make of it now and historically is
to setup emacs and xterms the way I like them.  I don't use the
konsole much.

So that is where I notice it missing.

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