Re: Sawfish and Openbox: was fastest linux distro
On Mon 02 Jun 2014 at 10:04:29 +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2014-06-01 16:14:24 +0100, Brian wrote:
> >
> > Debian doesn't use a .Xdefaults file.
> >
> > brian@desktop:~$ grep -r Xresources /etc/X11/
> > /etc/X11/Xsession:SYSRESOURCES=/etc/X11/Xresources
> > /etc/X11/Xsession:USRRESOURCES=$HOME/.Xresources
> > grep: /etc/X11/Xwrapper.config: Permission denied
>
> You're looking at the wrong place: the .Xdefaults file has never been
> a startup file. But it's now ".Xdefaults-<hostname>". See X(7) man
> page:
>
> XENVIRONMENT
> This must point to a file containing X resources. The default is
> $HOME/.Xdefaults-<hostname>. Unlike $HOME/.Xresources, it is
> consulted each time an X application starts.
>
> And you can check with strace that this file is read...
>
> But I prefer to use the app-defaults.
I looked in the place that startx and the DMs look with a default
install of X. Which is not to deny your valid point. However. a user
would have to put in the extra effort to use .Xdefaults-<hostname> or,
if they know it is possible, a .Xresources directory. I'm of the opinion
that for most use cases mentioning .Xdefaults causes confusion at the
very least.
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