From: "Jan Djärv" <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
"4594@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com"
<4594@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>
Cc: "bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>,
"4594@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com"
<4594@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>
Subject: bug#4594: -Q does not ignore all X resources
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:15:27 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E165CE2A-6306-4FD4-8E88-ADD0A33E8070@swipnet.se> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvbpkt82du.fsf-monnier+emacsbugreports@gnu.org>
30 sep 2009 kl. 06.50 skrev Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>:
>> Current CVS trunk on GNU/Linux.
>
>> If I have items like:
>
>> Emacs.pane.menubar.*.Foreground: Red
>> Emacs.menu*.Foreground: Blue
>> Emacs.dialog*.foreground: Green
>
>> in my ~/.Xdefaults file, then `emacs -Q' continues to respect these
>> settings. I expected it to ignore _all_ Emacs-related X resources.
>> This feature would be more useful if it did so.
>
> Yes, the handling of X resources with -Q is imperfect:
> the X-resources that affect toolkit elements are still obeyed
> (because they access the X-resources more directly, without going
> through x_get_string_resource). That's what you're seeing.
>
> Patches welcome,
Widgets managed by Xt reads resources automatically inside Xt code.
It is considered a feature. You probably can work around this but it
isn't something as simply not calling a function or setting some
variable.
Too much work for a small gain IMHO.
Jan D.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-09-30 6:15 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-09-30 1:36 bug#4594: -Q does not ignore all X resources Glenn Morris
2009-09-30 1:55 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-09-30 1:56 ` Glenn Morris
2009-09-30 4:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-09-30 6:15 ` Jan Djärv [this message]
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