From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What does xgetdefault use flag do
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 18:58:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <51A390BB.1000206@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEe9VF3OBO+R9mUOt4bB5=e1otmjCja7VUTHqqcvSTRGNHdW3w@mail.gmail.com>
On 27/05/2013 18:01, Mr G wrote:
>> You'll have to look in those app's docs or code to find out what they do
>> with ./configure --enable xgetdefault, but I suppose a reasonable
>> reading is that it uses Xresources in addition to $SOMETHING_ELSE.
>
>
> I didn't find anything concrete about what it does but I did find a
> reference to the fact that rxvt doesn't read the $HOME/.Xresources
> file if the operating system loads them into the X display. He also
> does not seem to be a big Gentoo fan so I am guessing this flag has
> something to do with this. It's the reference to the "small version"
> in the USE flag that was confusing me.
I also have no idea what "small version" means - it's not English, it
doesn't parse, and it makes no sense.
--
Alan McKinnon
alan.mckinnon@gmail.com
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-05-27 16:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-05-27 0:47 [gentoo-user] What does xgetdefault use flag do Mr G
2013-05-27 6:32 ` Alan McKinnon
2013-05-27 16:01 ` Mr G
2013-05-27 16:58 ` Alan McKinnon [this message]
2013-05-29 20:25 ` Mr G
2013-05-31 10:58 ` Peter Humphrey
2013-05-31 19:13 ` Mr G
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