Re: x-terminal-emulator & xterm [SOLVED]

[Andy Saxena <andyML@nyc.rr.com>]

On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 07:41:28PM -0700, Eric G. Miller wrote:
> On Wed, May 08, 2002 at 09:44:30PM -0400, Andy Saxena wrote:
> 
> > I am still not certain how this applies to my original question.
> > 
> > Even if an executable can tell whether or not it is being called by a
> > symlink, why should the xterm binary be coded to disregard the
> > ~/.Xresources file?
> 
> IMHO, it shouldn't.  That's what documented argument flags are for.
> But, it does seem to ignore Xterm* resources if its "name" isn't
> xterm.  I couldn't find where this behavior is documented in the
> man page...
> 
> -- 
> Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>

Thanks for your help, I learned a bit more than I had originally asked
for.

Cheers,
Andy


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