Re: xbase: the .Xdefaults issue
On Tue, Dec 29, 1998 at 11:10:35PM -0800, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> >>>>> "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.
And with a symlink between .Xdefaults and .Xresources, xdm also works fine.
(Sorry for the late reply, only just got around to testing it.)_
Hamish
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