Re: X personal configuration files: .fvwm2rc vs. .Xdefaults

[Rick Macdonald <rickm@vsl.com>]

On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Jean-Paul LACHARME wrote:

> I use fvwm2, and it works without real problem. Lots of desktop features are designed within .fvwm2rc. In other systems, some X local features are designed within a .Xdefaults file. I did not find any global template for .Xdefaults in Debian. Nevertheless, I wonder if creating such a file can be avoided when using X through fvwm2. I confess that I have not a clear idea of which configures what. I suppose that .Xdefaults is just fit for raw X commands and .fvwm2rc for the upper graphic layer, but it helps little.
> 
> For example, it has been said that running a color Xterm (which is very convenient) needs only to add the line 'Xterm*customization: -color'. OK. So,  I created a .Xdefaults file into my home directory with this single line, but this was without any effect (in fact, I expected no more. Things are more complex). 
> 
> I did not even success to change the default shinning white background of the xterm windows (pity for my eyes !). I performed a grep white command on the config files, but it gave me nothing. 
> 
> Has somebody some ideas about it ?

Did you restart X?

Or, run xrdb -load ~/.Xdefaults in an xterm, then execute xterm from
within the first xterm to pick up the new X resource database? (restarting
X sounds easier!)

...RickM...