Re: [gentoo-user] What does xgetdefault use flag do

[Mr G <persistence2success@gmail.com>]

Seriously overthought that one. I am going to blame the long weekend.
Sorry for the noise

On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 11:58 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
>
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B G