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From: Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support>
To: Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [External] :  Running emacs without any customisation
Date: Fri, 14 Oct 2022 07:18:32 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y0jjGKf5FCXxIzjP@protected.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <trinity-df732fc5-4d76-49d2-b206-f4f2643e3445-1665683752530@3c-app-mailcom-bs03>

* Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> [2022-10-13 20:57]:
> Simply querying the x-resource database is an emacs design mistake.
> Almost sure that emacs will continue propagating this mistake.

For your understanding:

       Most X clients use the RESOURCE_MANAGER and SCREEN_RESOURCES properties
       to get user preferences about color, fonts, and so on for applications.
       Having this information in the server (where it  is  available  to  all
       clients) instead of on disk, solves the problem in previous versions of
       X that required you to maintain defaults files on  every  machine  that
       you might use.  It also allows for dynamic changing of defaults without
       editing files.

       The RESOURCE_MANAGER property is used for resources that apply  to  all
       screens  of  the display.  The SCREEN_RESOURCES property on each screen
       specifies additional (or overriding) resources  to  be  used  for  that
       screen.   (When  there is only one screen, SCREEN_RESOURCES is normally
       not used, all resources are just placed in the  RESOURCE_MANAGER  prop‐
       erty.)

X Window System is network system. Do not assume that each client has
same size of monitor and that your Emacs will look same on every
client.

If user does not understand why to use X resources, and assumes to be
single user, then don't use it.

-- 
Jean

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-10-14  4:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 118+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-10 11:36 Running emacs without any customisation uzibalqa
2022-10-10 11:46 ` Thibaut Verron
2022-10-10 11:54   ` uzibalqa
2022-10-10 12:10     ` Thibaut Verron
2022-10-10 12:41       ` uzibalqa
2022-10-10 23:40       ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-11 15:00         ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-10-10 23:30   ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-11 15:02 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-11 15:13   ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-11 15:56     ` uzibalqa
2022-10-11 15:59       ` uzibalqa
2022-10-11 16:19       ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-11 15:57     ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-10-11 16:17       ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-11 17:24         ` Drew Adams
2022-10-11 22:48           ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-12  1:33             ` Drew Adams
2022-10-11 18:52         ` uzibalqa
2022-10-11 19:10           ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-11 19:13             ` uzibalqa
2022-10-11 19:43               ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-11 20:26                 ` uzibalqa
2022-10-11 20:45                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-11 20:53                     ` uzibalqa
2022-10-11 21:23                       ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-11 22:01                         ` uzibalqa
2022-10-11 22:28                           ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-11 22:31                             ` uzibalqa
2022-10-11 22:47                               ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-11 23:00                                 ` uzibalqa
2022-10-11 17:45       ` RE: [External] : " Christopher Dimech
2022-10-12  0:12         ` uzibalqa
2022-10-12  1:44           ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-12  9:59           ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2022-10-12 12:47             ` uzibalqa
2022-10-12 14:45             ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-12 15:30               ` Drew Adams
2022-10-12 15:56                 ` uzibalqa
2022-10-12 17:03                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-12 17:50                     ` uzibalqa
2022-10-12 18:25                       ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-12 18:54                         ` uzibalqa
2022-10-12 19:06                           ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-12 20:42                             ` uzibalqa
2022-10-12 20:51                               ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-12 21:05                                 ` uzibalqa
2022-10-12 21:35                                   ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-12 21:45                                     ` uzibalqa
2022-10-12 22:11                                       ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-12 22:25                                         ` uzibalqa
2022-10-13  0:33                                           ` Dale Snell
2022-10-13  0:46                                             ` uzibalqa
2022-10-14  5:10                                               ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-14 18:28                                                 ` uzibalqa
2022-10-13  0:40                                           ` Po Lu
2022-10-13  0:43                                       ` Po Lu
2022-10-13  1:09                                         ` uzibalqa
2022-10-13  2:02                                           ` Po Lu
2022-10-13 11:17                                   ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2022-10-13 13:18                                     ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-13 14:56                                     ` uzibalqa
2022-10-14  0:37                                       ` Po Lu
2022-10-14  0:47                                         ` uzibalqa
2022-10-14  3:21                                           ` Po Lu
2022-10-13 15:03                                     ` Christopher Dimech
2022-10-13 16:47                                     ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-10-13 17:55                                       ` Christopher Dimech
2022-10-14  4:18                                         ` Jean Louis [this message]
2022-10-13  0:42                                 ` Po Lu
2022-10-13  0:50                                   ` uzibalqa
2022-10-13  1:07                                     ` Po Lu
2022-10-13  1:11                                       ` uzibalqa
2022-10-13  2:01                                         ` Po Lu
2022-10-13  2:05                                           ` uzibalqa
2022-10-13  4:03                                             ` Po Lu
2022-10-13  6:19                                               ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-13 12:17                                                 ` uzibalqa
2022-10-13 12:39                                                   ` Po Lu
2022-10-13 13:10                                                     ` uzibalqa
2022-10-13 13:20                                                       ` uzibalqa
2022-10-14  4:09                                                         ` Jean Louis
2022-10-14  5:11                                                           ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-13 13:21                                                       ` Po Lu
2022-10-13 14:02                                                         ` uzibalqa
2022-10-13 15:59                                                           ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-14 16:30                                                             ` Drew Adams
2022-10-13 14:03                                             ` Pascal Quesseveur
2022-10-13 14:18                                               ` uzibalqa
2022-10-13 15:04                                                 ` Pascal Quesseveur
2022-10-13 15:26                                                   ` uzibalqa
2022-10-13 16:41                                                   ` Christopher Dimech
2022-10-14  0:38                                                     ` Po Lu
2022-10-14  2:02                                                       ` Christopher Dimech
2022-10-14  3:19                                                         ` Po Lu
2022-10-14  3:49                                                           ` Christopher Dimech
2022-10-14  4:45                                                             ` uzibalqa
2022-10-14  4:52                                                               ` Christopher Dimech
2022-10-14  6:16                                                                 ` Po Lu
2022-10-14  6:31                                                                   ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-14 16:01                                                                     ` Jean Louis
2022-10-14 18:43                                                                       ` tomas
2022-10-15  6:58                                                                         ` Jean Louis
2022-10-15  8:39                                                                           ` tomas
2022-10-15 17:38                                                                         ` Christopher Dimech
2022-10-15 19:37                                                                           ` tomas
2022-10-14 20:55                                                                       ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-14  2:33                                                       ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-14  4:14                                                     ` Jean Louis
2022-10-14  5:32                                                       ` Christopher Dimech
2022-10-14  8:47                                                     ` Dr Rainer Woitok
2022-10-14  9:57                                                       ` Po Lu
2022-10-14 12:30                                                         ` uzibalqa
2022-10-14 13:48                                                           ` Christopher Dimech
2022-10-16  4:57                                                           ` Jean Louis
2022-10-14 20:50                                                       ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-13  1:12                                       ` Christopher Dimech
2022-10-13  0:40                   ` Po Lu

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