From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: reader@newsguy.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: .Xdefaults preferences in emacs 21.4.1 Date: Sun, 05 Nov 2006 19:03:39 -0600 Organization: Still searching... Message-ID: <87r6whxu6s.fsf@newsguy.com> References: <454B9385.1020501@pricegrabber.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1162775053 15762 80.91.229.2 (6 Nov 2006 01:04:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 01:04:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 06 02:04:12 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GgsuJ-00026W-2Y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:04:11 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GgsuI-00007a-Kl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:04:10 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ggsu5-00005I-Ta for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:03:57 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Ggsu3-0008VR-Fa for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:03:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Ggsu3-0008VM-CF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:03:55 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1Ggsu2-00015M-Nm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 05 Nov 2006 20:03:54 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1Ggstv-000233-Ky for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:03:47 +0100 Original-Received: from c-67-163-25-192.hsd1.in.comcast.net ([67.163.25.192]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:03:47 +0100 Original-Received: from reader by c-67-163-25-192.hsd1.in.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:03:47 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-163-25-192.hsd1.in.comcast.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:AUEeikpsxfggjFiTIKIQ9p9Bi8E= 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:38555 Archived-At: Rob McMillin 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.