Xdefaults include other file

Viewed 19k times. Check out unix. I found that post very helpful for debugging X settings and was able to successfully get xclock to look good in "dark mode". Maybe you can apply the same techniques to xterm?

Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Di you try xrdb. Xdefaults before re- launching xterm? Reggie Reggie 4 4 silver badges 8 8 bronze badges. According to wiki. Xdefaults file is read every time you start an X program such as xterm, but only if xrdb has not ever been used in the current X session. Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. The VT designation is used to indicate that the geometry is for the main text window, not the menus, subwindows, or Tek window.

The resource name e. NOTE: Only particular spellings of resources are correct. Example: 'reverseVideo' and 'ReverseVideo' will function correctly as xterm resources, but not other spellings. An asterisk is a kind of wildcard, referred to as a "loose binding". When you use the asterisk as a separator, you say: "I don't care how many levels in the widget hierarchy occur between these two points".

So you can say:. A period, by contrast, is considered a "tight binding" between two levels in the hierarchy. It specifies an exact relationship. In an application that supports multiple levels of widgets, you can mix asterisks and periods. The manual page for each application should always tell you to what widget the resource belongs, so that you can correctly specify the hierarchy. Type in a few keywords describing what information you are looking for in the text box below.

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Why secure web services? Xdefaults file. Also similar to xinit the default Xsession will load the Xresources. As for local configs there are many of them depending on what the type of session, I quote:.

Xsession file, run it. Some specific display manager include in their default Xsession an extra configuration called Xprofile. Xdefaults if not set. This is used in the same way as. You can use. Xdefaults-hostname files to keep some settings machine-specific while using xrdb for the global ones.