From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tim X Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: using Xresources for geometry Date: 30 Aug 2005 18:22:49 +1000 Message-ID: <87r7cbltpi.fsf@tiger.rapttech.com.au> References: <87wtm7n3hv.fsf@wash.edu> Reply-To: timx@spamto.devnul.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1125392526 11419 80.91.229.2 (30 Aug 2005 09:02:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 09:02:06 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Aug 30 11:02:04 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EA20A-00036E-PK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:01:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EA24H-00072G-QJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 05:06:09 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 23 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp0-32.lns1.syd7.internode.on.net Original-X-Trace: duster.adelaide.on.net 1125390170 59.167.0.32 (30 Aug 2005 17:52:50 +0950) Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!news1.optus.net.au!optus!news.mel.connect.com.au!news-north.connect.com.au!news-south.connect.com.au!duster.adelaide.on.net!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:133551 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:29085 Archived-At: Angelina Carlton writes: > Baloff writes: > > > > the last line I changed from 80x40 but no changes happened when I > > restarted emacs. > > Xresources is read once when you log into X. > Log in again to reread that file. > -- Or just run xrdb from an xterm with the load or merge option and you don't have to log out and back in again. handy if you have a complex X session running. Tim -- Tim Cross The e-mail address on this message is FALSE (obviously!). My real e-mail is to a company in Australia called rapttech and my login is tcross - if you really need to send mail, you should be able to work it out!