From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Where are keycodes defined for emacs -nw in X-Windows? Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:56:47 GMT Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1067278606 27524 80.91.224.253 (27 Oct 2003 18:16:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 18:16:46 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 27 17:08:03 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AE9uU-0006Dg-01 for ; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 17:08:02 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1AE9tV-0000ru-TK for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 27 Oct 2003 11:07:01 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!snoopy.risq.qc.ca!charlie.risq.qc.ca!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 24 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 132.204.24.42 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@umontreal.ca Original-X-Trace: charlie.risq.qc.ca 1067270207 132.204.24.42 (Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:56:47 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 10:56:47 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117635 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13568 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13568 AM> about the syntax of "resources" (whatever they are), but doesn't seem to AM> say whether they are compiled in with the application, are loaded from AM> some file, or what. > From a file. > The user specific file should have the name ".Xresources" if I remember > it correctly. It's all documented in the X11 manpage, but you basically have to know the answer in order to find it and understand it :-( The resources are found by the application in a few files and on the X server which keeps a "resource database". The resource database of the server can be queried and modified with the `xrdb' command. Typically upon login, the user's ~/.Xresources is passed to `xrdb' to load it into the X server's database. The application also looks at files such as /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm, and ~/.Xdefaults and then some, depending on various envvars such as XENVIRONMENT, XFILESEARCHPATH, XUSERFILESEARCHPATH and I'm probably forgetting some things. Stefan