From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: those who know me have no need of my name Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: setting site-wide default colors,fonts,... in Emacs Date: 30 Dec 2002 21:03:54 GMT Organization: earthfriends Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1041282340 18095 80.91.224.249 (30 Dec 2002 21:05:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:05:40 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18T76Q-0004hV-00 for ; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 22:05:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18T76A-0007UU-08 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Dec 2002 16:05:22 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-06!sn-post-01!supernews.com!news.supernews.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Gnus/5.090008 (Oort Gnus v0.08) XEmacs/21.4 (Military Intelligence, i686-redhat-linux) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Original-Lines: 22 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108608 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:5137 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:5137 in gnu.emacs.help i read: >"Frank C. Weiler" writes: >> If you can point me where to go to find this information, >> in a specific manner, I would be greatfully thankfull. > >For Xt, you may want to look at the Xt FAQ (look for app-defaults). > >For bare X, I think you'll have to modify some shell script starting a >user session or X. Man xdm, if you are using xdm. > >Don't know for KDE or Gnome. perhaps richard was too subtle. there is no `one place' where these things are set. some window managers ignore the xrdb in favor of something of their own, others just pay no attention to anything but their compiled settings or when you are lucky command line arguments. and every application has the same choices. it's a wilderness, and it's getting worse. -- bringing you boring signatures for 17 years