Re: .Xdefaults preferences in emacs 21.4.1

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 03.11.2006 um 20:07 schrieb Rob McMillin:

> 1) I've been over the new Info pages and it doesn't seem to
> mention .Xdefaults as a source of configuration data anymore that I  
> can
> see.  Am I missing something here?

Yes. ~/.Xdefaults was never a file any version of GNU Emacs used.

This file is used by xrdb. This X client puts X resources into a kind  
of X environment (X resources DB). Since xrdb (and xmodmap and xset)  
are the first X clients launched by the X server when it interprets  
~/.xinitrc, what they set every other X client inherits. As long as  
the resources are meant for this client ...

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  Pete

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