Bug#232344: tetex-bin: xdvi ignores my shrinkFactor app-defaults setting

[frank@kuesterei.ch (Frank Küster)]

Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp> schrieb:

> From: frank@kuesterei.ch (Frank Küster)
> Subject: Bug#232344: tetex-bin: xdvi ignores my shrinkFactor app-defaults setting
> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2004 12:20:02 +0100
>
>> Atsuhito Kohda <kohda@pm.tokushima-u.ac.jp> schrieb:
>> 
>> > In my system, xdvi seemed not to ignore XDvi:shrinkFactor 
>> > setting.
>> 
>> On my working system, which is woody with lots of backports, including
>> current tetex, I have the same problem. X packages are
>> 4.2.1-3.bunk.8. In a sid chroot (nearly up-to-date), the problem does
>> not occur.
>
> Interesting.  I'd like to know what do you mean with 
> "the same problem"?
>
> As Julian said, xdvi respects the other settings in XDvi,
> or ignores all settings?

Yes. I have commented all my xdvi settings in ~/.Xresources and called 

xdrb .Xresources

Then I started xdvi as user frank, it starts with unfamiliar geometry
settings. Fired up an editor as root, set the geometry in
/etc/X11/app-defaults/XDvi and saved: This gave me back the familiar
geometry setting when I called xdvi next. In the same editor session I
changed the shrinkFactor to 2, saved, started xdvi again as user: No
effect. 

Whatever. Whyever.

Regards, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie