From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: William Case Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Not a big issue re: Xresources ... but ?? Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:30:46 +0000 Message-ID: <1182951046.2870.68.camel@CASE> References: <1182947830.2870.64.camel@CASE> <7d5440240706270602h4012308bw3456696ef33e4dee@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1182951553 18884 80.91.229.12 (27 Jun 2007 13:39:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 13:39:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: EMACS List To: Andrea Vettorello Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 27 15:39:09 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1I3Xjg-0001zi-GV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:39:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I3Xjg-0006hY-0U for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:39:08 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I3XjJ-0006fD-1P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:38:45 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I3XjG-0006dG-9r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:38:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I3XjG-0006d1-4s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:38:42 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com ([206.190.36.82]) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I3XjF-0001bu-BU for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 27 Jun 2007 09:38:41 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 85425 invoked from network); 27 Jun 2007 13:38:39 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rogers.com; h=Received:X-YMail-OSG:Subject:From:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:References:Content-Type:Date:Message-Id:Mime-Version:X-Mailer:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=IlO6zYzrtlzuRUASY+eYq7Skum4M/rBXXgAI9SdM1Ba8/5k33QAM9B28pZlOy8BLxpJrLyFKdf6MQXK5X09Esn/54hPycJjiW9j+y/LmnWAfqk4vvdpyvj1yTLKKQStjBfKiDL/QeBKYLz6ZgcHknhyBv1z1wQmm5BRp8GlDFGg= ; Original-Received: from unknown (HELO ?192.168.1.3?) (billlinux@rogers.com@74.104.51.86 with plain) by smtp104.rog.mail.re2.yahoo.com with SMTP; 27 Jun 2007 13:38:39 -0000 X-YMail-OSG: lx_DS6gVM1mK7ZBmc0qcnVbwR.vztp41c.etqtHRsShJdHwmJM5Z30dPaLmPmqhD6w-- In-Reply-To: <7d5440240706270602h4012308bw3456696ef33e4dee@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.2 (2.10.2-2.fc7) X-detected-kernel: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:45311 Archived-At: Hi Andrea; On Wed, 2007-06-27 at 15:02 +0200, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > On 6/27/07, William Case wrote: > > Hi; > > > > I have set my Xresources file as below: > > > > /etc/X11/Xresources > > ... > > ! start emacs with scroll bar on right side > > Emacs.Geometry: 80x65+96+32 > > Emacs.verticleScrollBars: right > > > > It does the job. But Emacs always starts with a different position size > > and with the scrollbar on the left. That lasts for a fraction of a > > second, just long enough for me to see that it is some default > > configuration then flashes to the Xresources setup. It looks a little > > hacky; I can live with that. > > Do you set a font in your ~/.emacs? Try to set it in your > ~/.Xresources file instead (Emacs.font: blah-blah-blah), this should > fix the frame (window) resizing. For the position, i'll blame your WM. > > About the scrollbar, i've no idea... I have no fonts set in ~/.emacs. I am content to use the default as my start up font. You may notice that I have set the postion, size and scrollbar in /etc/X11/Xresources rather than ~/.Xresources. I wanted the defined behaviour to be global on my machine. -- Regards Bill