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Re: Linux: .Xdefaults, geometry not recognized
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Bob Proulx |
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Re: Linux: .Xdefaults, geometry not recognized |
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Wed, 7 Jan 2015 15:40:31 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) |
Uwe Brauer wrote:
> I have the following setting in my .Xdefaults
> Emacs.foreground: black
> Emacs.background: grey98
> Emacs.font: -*-courier-bold-r-*-*-18-180-*-*-*-*-*-*
> Emacs.geometry: 105x63+20+5
> File the font is recognized by emacs but the geometry not.
First things first. As I am sure you are aware the .Xdefaults is the
old, old, old way and the file is ignored if the xrdb is non-empty.
Please verify that your xrdb database is completely empty.
xrdb -q
If that lists anything then the .Xdefaults won't be used. Almost
every desktop environment sets xrdb resources these days. It is
better IMNHO to use it instead.
I would verify that the resources you want are set in the xrdb
correctly. Note that the lower case name "emacs" is more specific
than the class name "Emacs" and therefore a emacs.font setting will
override an Emacs.font setting.
xrdb -q | grep -i emacs
For debugging I would try it explicitly on the command line. Then
with the -q option.
emacs --xrm Emacs.geometry:105x63+20+5
emacs -q --xrm Emacs.geometry:105x63+20+5
emacs -q --xrm emacs.geometry:105x63+20+5
Bob