From: reader@newsguy.com
Subject: Re: .Xdefaults preferences in emacs 21.4.1
Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:03:39 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r6whxu6s.fsf@newsguy.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 454B9385.1020501@pricegrabber.com
Rob McMillin <rlm@pricegrabber.com> writes:
> I'm re-asking this because it seems like the first time I asked all I
> got was crickets chirping...
>
> As a result of upgrading to Fedora Core 5, I also inherited the 21.4
> release of emacs. The problem with this seems to be that the .Xdefaults
> file (set in the XENVIRONMENT environment variable) is no longer heeded
> as it was in the 21.3 release. Questions:
>
> 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?
>
> 2) If there is no way for this to work, how can I easily convert
> my .Xdefaults file (as lines in my .emacs file, say) so it sets up my
> emacs session colors to the way it used to be?
It is OS related not emacs. I no longer use Fedora for quite a while
now (about 1.9 yrs) so this may not work anymore.
Create a symlink at ~/.xresources that points to .Xdefaults
Restart X and see if your old settings appear.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-11-06 1:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-03 19:07 .Xdefaults preferences in emacs 21.4.1 Rob McMillin
2006-11-03 19:32 ` Peter Dyballa
2006-11-06 1:03 ` reader [this message]
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