Global X defaults
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I seem to remember that there's a file with a name something like apply_defaults or app_defaults that provides global defaults for X -- resource settings common to all users. Can anyone point me to it? Paul
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It's in your home directory..it's called .Xdefaults * Paul Abrahams (abrahams@acm.org) [010916 13:08]: ->I seem to remember that there's a file with a name something like ->apply_defaults or app_defaults that provides global defaults for X -- ->resource settings common to all users. Can anyone point me to it? -> ->Paul -> -> ->-- ->To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com ->For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com -> ->Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the ->archives at http://lists.suse.com -> -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org cat CE|ME|NT|XP > /dev/null
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Ben Rosenberg wrote:
It's in your home directory..it's called .Xdefaults
* Paul Abrahams (abrahams@acm.org) [010916 13:08]: ->I seem to remember that there's a file with a name something like ->apply_defaults or app_defaults that provides global defaults for X -- ->resource settings common to all users. Can anyone point me to it?
~/.Xdefaults is the local, per-user one. I'm looking for a systemwide one (a systemwide version of .Xdefaults, if you will). Paul
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Hi, There is the directory /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults, which contains global application configuration files. And then there the Xresources files /etc/X11/xdm/Xresources and /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/Xresources which contain global settings for xdm and X respectively. Tim On Sun, Sep 16, 2001 at 04:07:08PM -0400, Paul Abrahams wrote:
I seem to remember that there's a file with a name something like apply_defaults or app_defaults that provides global defaults for X -- resource settings common to all users. Can anyone point me to it?
Paul
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