.Xresources OR .Xdefaults ?

Erratus · #1 August 21st, 2010, 22:29

I need to set some defaults for xterm (yes, xterm and I do not want to change).

In man X(7) can be read

Code:

     XTerm*cursorColor:  gold
           XTerm*multiScroll:  on
           XTerm*jumpScroll:  on
           XTerm*reverseWrap:  on
           XTerm*curses:  on
           XTerm*Font:  6x10
           XTerm*scrollBar: on
           XTerm*scrollbar*thickness: 5
           XTerm*multiClickTime: 500
           XTerm*charClass:  33:48,37:48,45-47:48,64:48
           XTerm*cutNewline: off
           XTerm*cutToBeginningOfLine: off
           XTerm*titeInhibit:  on
           XTerm*ttyModes:  intr ^c erase ^? kill ^u

       If  these  resources  were  stored in a file called .Xresources in your
       home directory, they could be added to any existing  resources  in  the
       server with the following command:

           % xrdb -merge $HOME/.Xresources

But man XRDB(1) refers to

Code:

FILES
       Generalizes ~/.Xdefaults files.

I tried both in my home directory. Surprisingly neither worked.

So please help me where to put xterm defaults as shown above and how to enable them.

graudeejs · #2 August 21st, 2010, 22:38

I use ~/.Xdefaults and it works
To apply changes to xterm simply open new terminal

vermaden · #3 August 22nd, 2010, 15:04

+1 for ~/.Xdefaults

itcotbtoemik · #4 August 23rd, 2010, 23:48

Actually, it seems to depend on the window manager (or "desktop environment").
On the (Debian) system that I'm logged into currently, "man X" talks only about
the variant ~/.Xdefaults-hostname

I usually avoid ~/.Xdefaults, using XAPPLRESDIR to add my own app-defaults directory.

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