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- From: ford@decatl.alf.dec.com (Jeff Ford)
- Subject: Re: Xdefaults
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.212444.18609@netnews.alf.dec.com>
- Keywords: how to update
- Lines: 19
- Sender: ford@squirm.alf.dec.com (Jeff Ford)
- Reply-To: ford@decatl.alf.dec.com (Jeff Ford)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1992Dec18.193820.12992@netcom.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 21:24:44 GMT
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- |>
- |>After changing an entry in the ".Xdefaults" file how can I get X to
- |>see the changes? For example, "xterm" does not see a change in a
- |>color resource until the system is "quit" and restarted. There is
- |>a note in the "man X" entry that says a number of X applications will
- |>read "Xdefaults" when they are executed. I have yet to find any applications
- |>that will read that file. Is there a way to get X to update itself from
- |>Xdefaults with out shutting down X and restarting it?
- |>
- |>I am running Ultrix 4.1 on a DECstation.
- |>--
- |>Ben Fisk : fisk@netcom.COM
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- If you have the MIT Unsupported Components (UDXUNMIT410) installed on your
- system, there is a tool included called xrdb. If you update your x resource
- database with xrdb <.Xdefaults, applications started subsequently should see
- the updates resources.
- - Jeff Ford/DEC Customer Support
-