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Re: emacs not obeying .Xdefaults in debian



Once upon a time, I heard Suresh Kumar.R say

> Hi,
> 
> When I start emacs in a debian machine, it is not obeying .Xdefaults file
> in the home directory. It takes the .Xdefaults file, if it is named as
> .Xdefaults-fully.qualified.machine.name
> 
> Whereas, in a Redhat linux machine, emacs obeys the plain .Xdefaults. 
> 
> Any solutions to use .Xdefaults only. ( I have lots of machines in the
> network and I cannot have .Xdefaults-machine name corresponding to all
> machines in all accounts)
> 
> Any ideas ?

use .Xresources instead. see the evidence in startup script like
/etc/X11/Xsession.

Chanop

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