Re: [users] Can't set xterm resources for root

[MaD dUCK <madduck@madduck.net>]

also sprach Ross Boylan (on Wed, 23 May 2001 07:51:04PM -0700):
> Thank you; it worked.  But why is it necessary to do this? 

well, Xresources isn't read every single time you start an xterm (a
watch stat on the file will confirm this), so it's buffered. xrdb (x
read database) updates the cache.

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