Christian Lynbech on satellite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I am no expert on X11 ressources, but here is a few ideas. Beware that
> this is based on a mental image I have built for myself which may have
> anywhere between 0 and 100 % resemblance to reality.
>
> First note that X11 distinguishes
You're on target. Here's a sample of my ~/.Xresources copied from the
sample Xdefaults that comes with Xemacs.
Emacs.default.attributeBackground: white
Emacs.default.attributeForeground: black
The default Debian setup wants it named .Xresources (as opposed to
.Xdefaults).
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I am no expert on X11 ressources, but here is a few ideas. Beware that
this is based on a mental image I have built for myself which may have
anywhere between 0 and 100 % resemblance to reality.
First note that X11 distinguishes between an applications *class* and
its *name*.
So you could try wri
Chanop Silpa-Anan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Some what recently, Big Gaute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote about Re: Emacs and ~/.Xdefaults
>
> >:) Big Gaute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >:)
> >:) > Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> w
Some what recently, Big Gaute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote about Re: Emacs and ~/.Xdefaults
>:) Big Gaute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>:)
>:) > Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>:) >
>:) > > On 22/1/2000 Big Gaute wrote:
>:) > &g
On 22/1/2000 Big Gaute wrote:
It only specifies 'usually' here, but it's still a bit confusing.
Should I file a (wishlist) bug report, do you think?
personally I think the .Xdefaults name is dumb, after all what does
it contain? X resources! they are not defaults at all, defaults are
what th
On Sat, Jan 22, 2000 at 02:28:06PM +, Big Gaute wrote:
>
> I've decided that I like my emacs to have nice green letters on dark
> background. To this end, I looked in the emacs manual and created a
> file ~/.Xdefaults with the following incantations:
>
> emacs.background: Black
> emacs.foreg
Big Gaute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On 22/1/2000 Big Gaute wrote:
> >
> > >to my ~/.xsession. However this only has an effect if I start emacs
> > >from the xterm started in my .xsession; if I launch emacs from the
> > >fvwm2 menus it does not
Ethan Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On 22/1/2000 Big Gaute wrote:
>
> >to my ~/.xsession. However this only has an effect if I start emacs
> >from the xterm started in my .xsession; if I launch emacs from the
> >fvwm2 menus it does not work.
> >
> >What should I do?
>
> mv ~/.Xdefaults ~
On 22/1/2000 Big Gaute wrote:
to my ~/.xsession. However this only has an effect if I start emacs
from the xterm started in my .xsession; if I launch emacs from the
fvwm2 menus it does not work.
What should I do?
mv ~/.Xdefaults ~/.Xresources
coming from Redhat?
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Ethan Benson
To obtain
I've decided that I like my emacs to have nice green letters on dark
background. To this end, I looked in the emacs manual and created a
file ~/.Xdefaults with the following incantations:
emacs.background: Black
emacs.foreground: LimeGreen
However this seems to have no effect. I got a tip from
Wintermute wrote:
>
> Kirk Hilliard wrote:
> >
> > Last week I issued a plea for help:
> > > I just made a new installation of bo, and emacs no longer seems to
> > > read my ~/.Xdefaults file like it used to in rex.
> >
> > And Wintermute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> came to the rescue:
> > > Try this..
>
> "Kirk" == Kirk Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Kirk> I just made a new installation of bo, and emacs no longer seems to
Kirk> read my ~/.Xdefaults file like it used to in rex.
Shouldn't it be called ~/.Xresources ?
Personally I have the two filenames symbolic linked together, because
Kirk Hilliard wrote:
>
> Last week I issued a plea for help:
> > I just made a new installation of bo, and emacs no longer seems to
> > read my ~/.Xdefaults file like it used to in rex.
>
> And Wintermute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> came to the rescue:
> > Try this..
> >
> > xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults
>
>
Last week I issued a plea for help:
> I just made a new installation of bo, and emacs no longer seems to
> read my ~/.Xdefaults file like it used to in rex.
And Wintermute <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> came to the rescue:
> Try this..
>
> xrdb -merge ~/.Xdefaults
That does the job!
Since it only works fo
Kirk Hilliard wrote:
>
> I just made a new installation of bo, and emacs no longer seems to
> read my ~/.Xdefaults file like it used to in rex.
>
> ~ $ cat ~/.Xdefaults
> emacs.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-c-60-iso8859-1
> ~ $ cat ~/.Xdefaults-globe
> emacs.font: -mi
I just made a new installation of bo, and emacs no longer seems to
read my ~/.Xdefaults file like it used to in rex.
~ $ cat ~/.Xdefaults
emacs.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-*-*-c-60-iso8859-1
~ $ cat ~/.Xdefaults-globe
emacs.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-*-
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