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- From: lee@deneb.sw.stratus.com (Lee Cooprider)
- Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
- Subject: comp.windows.x.intrinsics
- Message-ID: <1hsvteINN9jd@transfer.stratus.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 20:13:34 GMT
- Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering
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- I have an application that starts up xterm's as separate independent windows
- cooperating with the main application. I would like those xterm windows to
- have characteristics such as geometry and font that can be specified by the
- user in the resource database independently of those for normal xterm windows.
-
- The "-name name" parameter of xterm seems to be what I want:
-
- -name name
- This option specifies the application name under
- which resources are to be obtained, rather than the
- default executable file name. Name should not con-
- tain ``.'' or ``*'' characters.
-
- However, if I use "xterm -name Foo -title baz" and put
-
- Foo.geometry: 80x8-0-0
- Foo.font: 6x9
-
- in the resources database, xterm doesn't behave any differently.
-
- What am I doing wrong? Is there a better solution to this nuisance of a
- problem?
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- Lee W. Cooprider PP-ASEL/IA
- Lee_Cooprider@vos.stratus.com Skylane N2908F "Wiley"
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