Re: xbase: the .Xdefaults issue
>>>>> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <hamish@debian.org> writes:
Ben> The XFree86 sources as shipped use ~/.Xresources as the
Ben> default place for user X resources. Every other Unix in the
Ben> world uses the file ~/.Xdefaults. I think we should support
Ben> both by default, not just ~/.Xresources.
Hamish> Interesting. I have .Xdefaults, and the settings in there
Hamish> work if I use "startx", but not if I login on xdm.
Curiouser and curiouser.
Hamish> And xdm seems to have disappeared from my system, so I
Hamish> can't try it now to see if it makes the difference.
It's in the xdm package nowadays.. too many splits and no new virtual
package has come forth to Recommend: all the packages that used to be
in xbase. Sigh.
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