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Re: Help with .Xdefaults



* Bill Moseley <moseley@hank.org> [2004:03:09:14:36:23-0800] scribed:
> Where are the xterm resources defined?
> 
> I'm using icewm and I have my mail icon run:
> 
>    xterm -e mutt
> 
> Now, I want to make my mutt sessions show up on all desktops (like I do
> with gkrellm).  But the class and name resources are set as
> 
>   WM_CLASS(STRING) = "xterm", "XTerm"
> 
> My first attempt was to use -class:
> 
>    xterm -class mutt -e mutt
> 
> but then colors were off in the xterm window.  I have an .Xdefaults file
> but only one resource defined (to make my xterm window bigger).
> 
> So I'm wondering where the xterm default resources are defined.
> 
> I'm now using xterm -name mutt -e mutt and then in my winoptions file I
> use:
> 
>   mutt.XTerm.allWorkspaces: 1
> 
> (the problem is I was ending up with too many mutt processes running
> across all my different workspaces (desktops).

I think that you will find that ~/.Xdefaults is deprecated, and that you
will do best using ~/.Xresources . . .

hth

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