From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: James Cloos Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: What is the proper way to set the default font these days? Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:14:29 -0400 Message-ID: References: <7b501d5c0906060758n3113b6cdr37a5635b389428b8@mail.gmail.com> <87ab4k3g04.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <4A2BB621.201@harpegolden.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1244826933 6968 80.91.229.12 (12 Jun 2009 17:15:33 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:15:33 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, David De La Harpe Golden To: Miles Bader Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 12 19:15:31 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MFALj-00047J-4Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:15:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35293 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFALi-0006JQ-2s for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:15:30 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFALc-0006IX-Bd for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:15:24 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MFALY-0006CR-W3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:15:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52377 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MFALY-0006CI-Nz for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:15:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eagle.jhcloos.com ([207.210.242.212]:3240) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MFALW-0008Hy-32; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:15:18 -0400 Original-Received: by eagle.jhcloos.com (Postfix, from userid 10) id EAFC140146; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:14:49 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=jhcloos.com; s=eagle; t=1244826913; bh=dvAIsxFFF0SIPPWQwAA80T+/GcbA+1BXNMAHN6VZYtI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=DGtrCPAVf5psYFkbeyHiCo/hA/HwtzspiRpPajt9IZTXpk/wk04ttp1bFsVgZhVdE nwdHoKut/UMp0YYRLY2soHetJrtKPRhEt5KC+sr+IU+5rSLolk8mQ25nUF9Z5CBl7b /fg4Ho+LgLoAdx3TloVXgMwOLo4YiYlbiR/QqFBk= Original-Received: by lugabout.jhcloos.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id 1707C64A4C; Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:14:54 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: (Miles Bader's message of "Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:22:09 +0900") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) Emacs/23.0.92 (gnu/linux) Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABAAAAAQCAYAAAAf8/9hAAAABHNCSVQICAgIfAhkiAAAAI1J REFUOE+lU9ESgCAIg64P1y+ngUdxhl5H8wFbbM0OmUiEhKkCYaZThXCo6KE5sCbA1DDX3genvO4d eBQgEMaM5qy6uWk4SfBYfdu9jvBN9nSVDOKRtwb+I3epboOsOX5pZbJNsBJFvmQQ05YMfieIBnYX FK2N6dOawd97r/e8RjkTLzmMsiVgrAoEugtviCM3v2WzjgAAAABJRU5ErkJggg== Copyright: Copyright 2009 James Cloos OpenPGP: ED7DAEA6; url=http://jhcloos.com/public_key/0xED7DAEA6.asc OpenPGP-Fingerprint: E9E9 F828 61A4 6EA9 0F2B 63E7 997A 9F17 ED7D AEA6 Original-Lines: 25 X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:111453 Archived-At: >>>>> "Miles" == Miles Bader writes: Miles> The "rules" (by my observation) are a bit bizarre: If there's Miles> _anything_ in the server's database, even entries for an Miles> unrelated application, then ~/.Xdefaults is completely ignored, Miles> and only entries from the server database are used; otherwise Miles> ~/.Xdefaults is used. After the above, then ~/.Xdefaults-$HOSTNAME is always read. The idea is that ~/.Xdefaults-$HOSTNAME is for settings which are specific to one client machine and the server's database for settings which are specific to one server. Reading ~/.Xdefaults is a backup measure for the cases where the user does not have a $HOME on the server. Obviously this distinction is more useful when one has multiple boxen with a shared /home (eg by nfs) and uses X over tcp. (That was a very common setup when the coding was done.) This logic is in libX11, for those who'd like to read the src. -JimC -- James Cloos OpenPGP: 1024D/ED7DAEA6