From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: don provan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: X Resources? Date: 14 May 2005 00:16:27 -0700 Message-ID: References: <4284e503_2@news1.prserv.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1116055995 26428 80.91.229.2 (14 May 2005 07:33:15 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 07:33:15 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 14 09:33:14 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DWr94-0003tw-8z for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 May 2005 09:33:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DWrAd-0006vS-Ri for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 14 May 2005 03:34:47 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 02:16:25 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 Original-Lines: 12 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.5.243.171 Original-X-Trace: sv3-40QePdQ+lQ98tnqR1gMJfgxEGC/MmP+p1/2MAuqUviK58ewu/8wf6c+itNYffJ3Q0K2Vs7bEe6qqkii!qco2VC0U1nzcar5zlUEDfgNoJE+0xkemA0MvUdtz8ObZOXxZ Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:130925 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:26585 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:26585 kgold@watson.ibm.com (kgold) writes: > I avoid using X resources whenever possible, as I try to share my > .emacs between Windows and Unix machines. Funny you should mention that: I also share my .emacs between various systems, which is exactly why I use X resources: I give emacs (as well as other applications) different color schemes depending on where the application is running to help me keep them straight. You can do that in .emacs, of course, but the X resources on the source node is the obvious place. -don provan