Re: xbase: the .Xdefaults issue
On Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 10:18:18AM -0800, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> The XFree86 sources as shipped use ~/.Xresources as the default
> place for user X resources. Every other Unix in the world uses
> the file ~/.Xdefaults. I think we should support both by
> default, not just ~/.Xresources.
Interesting. I have .Xdefaults, and the settings in there work if
I use "startx", but not if I login on xdm.
And xdm seems to have disappeared from my system, so I can't try it now
to see if it makes the difference.
Hamish
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