Re: KDE and .Xdefaults
On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 MallarJ@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/29/99 12:06:22 AM Central Daylight Time,
> sqk0316@SCIRES.ACF.NYU.EDU writes:
>
> > The best solution I've found:
> > Create an applink in Desktop/Autostart (i.e. New->Application). In the
> > Execute line put
> > xrdb -load $HOME/.Xdefaults
> > and another one for .xinitrc. By the way, xrdb -merge does not work well,
> > xrdb -load is ok.
> >
>
> What exactly does "-merge does not work well" mean? I've been using it with
> no problems so far, is there something I should watch out for?
It means some settings have no effect - KDE overrides them. Notably fonts
and color settings in emacs do not work with -merge but do with -load.
Again, this is KDE-specific problem.
Sergey.
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