Re: .Xresources not loading on start

[Anubhav Yadav <anubhav1691@gmail.com>]

 Just in case: the command
>
>    xrdb -merge .Xresources
>
> is definitely run when X is called. The resources in .Xresources are
> merged with those in /etc/X11. If you issue the same command from a
> terminal nothing happens to alter the resources available because
> they have already been merged.
>
>    xrdb .Xresources (xrdb -load .Xresources)
>
> wipes out the resources loaded from /etc/X11 and gives you only what
> is in .Xresources.
>
> Your initial understanding of this led you away from a solution to the
> actual problem. Not to worry; everyone does it and everybody learns. :)
>

So you mean to say that the resources were already being merged but actually
came into effect when I increased their priority or made them more specific
by add the class xterm* before the settings!

I tried to do this before, I remember very well, but I used Xterm
instead of xterm.
It was mentioned here.
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/90608/xterm-not-loading-color-schemes
When that never worked I posted on the mailing list.

So my question is what do you mean by "Xterm", and then how is "xterm"
different?
I can guess it has something to do with the class of applications/ instance of
applications!


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Regards,
Anubhav Yadav
Imperial College of Engineering and Research,
Pune.