From: Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Sanest way to make emacs behave on a Solaris OS
Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2013 19:41:22 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ica9kv1za5.fsf@home.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.2567.1375733090.12400.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> writes:
> Emanuel Berg wrote:
>> Bob Proulx writes:
>> > Use of .Xdefaults is rather superseded by the .Xresources file.
>> > The difference between the two is subtle. But .Xresources tends
>> > to be preferred because of the way that it is applied. The
>> > .Xresources is applied to the $DISPLAY through xrdb. The
>> > .Xdefaults is applied through the presence in the $HOME
>> > directory, but only if the xrdb is empty. So once you have a
>> > .Xresources the .Xdefaults is no longer used.
>>
>> That's interesting. On my school's Solaris/SunOS, in my home
>> directory, there wasn't any .Xresources to begin with, but there
>> was an .Xdefaults. It would have been interesting to examine the
>> the contents of that file, but I was so eager to try the
>> .Xresources solution that I just deleted the .Xdefaults, to be
>> sure it didn't influence in any way. And now, you're saying that
>> was unnecessary, because it is only applied if there isn't a
>> populated xrdb/.Xresources. You live, you learn.
>
> The difference is a little subtle if you are not in a situation to
> notice how they are different from each other. Let me give an
> example.
>
> You and I are both working on a server machine for some task using a
> shared login. (Let's not debate the shared login aspect. Much of
> this was set up decades ago. At one time on local private friendly
> networks that was very commonly done. And this also applies to a
> single user with different device displays too.)
>
> You log into the machine and either tunnel X with ssh -X or you set
> DISPLAY and allow it to forward raw to your desktop display. I do the
> same. Say that I like white on black text and you like black on white
> text. However this could be any given customization. It is only
> important that we like different things. We both start up the same
> graphics application for the purposes of the shared task.
>
> An alternative difference could be that you are working on a very
> large widescreen monitor and want to set sizes, fonts, dpi, to match
> your large screen. I am working off of a 7 inch tablet and wish to
> set sizes, fonts, dpi, to match my more limited work space. Just for
> another example.
Shared logins? Makes no sense to me.
Where is the security in that.
Anyway, since you brought up dealing with different monitor sizes
here's how I deal with rxvt on different terminal sizes using
xrdb and X-resources:
#if ( HEIGHT == 900 ) /* Traditional Sparc */
Rxvt.geometry: 80x55
#elif ( HEIGHT == 1024 ) /* Sparc 21 inch */
Rxvt.geometry: 80x65
#elif ( HEIGHT == 768 ) /* Exceed in 1024x768 mode */
Rxvt.geometry: 80x47
#else /* I have no idea... */
Rxvt.geometry: 80x40
#endif
The man page reveals other values you can access besides HEIGHT.
Another person mentioned running xrdb and reading an .Xdefaults file.
A common problem with .Xdefaults is that it can rapidly accumulate
huge amounts of junk.
Here's how I deal with that in my .xinitrc:
cat $HOME/xdef/*.ad | xrdb -load
The xdef directory contains:
Emacs.ad
exmh.ad
xterm.ad
etc.
Makes it easy to remove things you no longer use.
--
Dan Espen
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2013-07-30 2:32 ` Sanest way to make emacs behave on a Solaris OS Dan Espen
2013-07-29 18:18 ` Harry Putnam
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2013-07-30 18:00 ` Dan Espen
2013-07-30 18:16 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-07-31 3:23 ` Harry Putnam
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2013-07-31 17:55 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-07-31 18:26 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-02 12:48 ` Harry Putnam
2013-08-03 7:03 ` Bob Proulx
2013-08-05 2:32 ` Harry Putnam
2013-08-05 2:51 ` Stefan Monnier
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2013-08-05 7:59 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-05 13:43 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-08-04 5:32 ` Harry Putnam
2013-08-05 22:40 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-08-04 10:35 ` Harry Putnam
2013-08-06 5:49 ` Bob Proulx
2013-08-06 12:52 ` Harry Putnam
2013-08-06 13:09 ` Peter Dyballa
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2013-08-06 21:33 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-05 13:55 ` Dan Espen
2013-08-05 20:16 ` Bob Proulx
2013-08-04 10:10 ` Harry Putnam
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2013-08-05 22:47 ` Emanuel Berg
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2013-08-05 22:04 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-05 22:29 ` Bob Proulx
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2013-08-05 22:44 ` Emanuel Berg
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2013-08-05 7:58 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-05 14:48 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2013-08-05 15:32 ` Dan Espen
2013-08-05 16:50 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-08-05 18:03 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-05 18:51 ` Dan Espen
2013-08-05 17:51 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-05 18:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-08-05 19:25 ` Óscar Fuentes
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2013-08-05 22:23 ` Emanuel Berg
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2013-08-05 18:25 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-05 19:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2013-08-03 10:42 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-05 20:04 ` Bob Proulx
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2013-08-05 21:53 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-05 23:21 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-05 23:41 ` Dan Espen [this message]
2013-08-06 5:54 ` Bob Proulx
2013-08-06 21:15 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-07 0:38 ` Dan Espen
2013-08-07 12:06 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-08 15:36 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-07 0:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-08 15:43 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-08 18:08 ` Dan Espen
2013-08-08 20:19 ` Emanuel Berg
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2013-08-02 18:34 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-02 13:02 ` Harry Putnam
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2013-08-02 18:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-02 19:12 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-02 18:52 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-02 19:32 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-07-30 2:20 Harry Putnam
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