Bug#121129: xdvi: doesn't appear to respect mfMode resource setting
Christoph Martin writes:
> Julian Gilbey writes:
> > Package: tetex-bin
> > Version: 1.0.7+20001218-6
> >
> > When I run xdvi, it seems to ignore the fact that I have specified
> > mode ljfour in my app-defaults file (using texconfig). I think I can
> > guess what the problem is:
> >
> > xdvi first reads /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/XDvi (symlink to
> > /etc/X11/app-defaults/XDvi) and sees the mode I've specified via
> > texconfig.
> >
> > Then it checks the resources in my environment. But, oh no! The old
> > /etc/X11/Xresources/tetex-base file is still there and screwing things
> > up! Any chance of doing something about it, like removing it or
> > renaming it to something like /etc/X11/Xresources/tetex-base.old so it
> > won't cause any harm?
>
> renaming wouldn't help, because simply all the files in
> /etc/X11/Xresources get evaluatet.
I'm wrong. Renaming in something with a dot in the name, would be ok.
Christoph
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