On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi:
>
> I don't seem to be able to find in any of the documentation
> precisely where the applications get their geometry from. For
> examply the size of the window for xemacs, netscape and so on.
> There does not seem to be any mention of geometry in
> /etc/X11/app-defaults files. I run olvwm with virtual desktops
> but I would like to have the windows the size of the screen. I can
> clearly fix these on the command line, but I would like to set a
> default.
Sebastian, you need to put some stuff either into ~/.Xresources (if you
use an .xsesion file) or ~/.Xdefaults. Because they are in your home
directory they should not change with an upgrade. Here's mine as a very
unambitious specimen - corrections welcome!
! Editor stuff
!emacs20*Background: VioletRed4
! emacs20*Background: DarkRed
emacs20*Background: MidnightBlue
emacs20*Foreground: CornflowerBlue
emacs20*pointerColor: Red
emacs20*cursorColor: Orchid
emacs20*bitmapIcon: on
!!emacs20*font: 10x20
emacs20*font: 7x14
emacs20.geometry: 80x30+90+14
emacs20.verticalScrollBars: off
Vim.geometry: 80x40+125+14
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
! xterm (and friends)
XTerm*highlightSelection: true
! Uncomment this to use color for the bold attribute
XTerm*VT100*colorBDMode: on
Term*VT100*colorBD: pink
! Uncomment this to use color for underline attribute
XTerm.VT100*colorULMode: on
XTerm.VT100*underLine: off
XTerm*VT100*colorUL: magenta
! Uncomment this to display the scrollbar
! XTerm*scrollBar: true
XTerm*cursorColor: red
! This resource specifies whether or not to ignore the 'alternate screen'
! of applications such as vi. When it is on, these applications will restore
! the contents of the screen when they are exited to what they were before
! they were started. When it is off, the contents of vi will remain on the
! screen after the program is quit.
XTerm.VT100.titeInhibit: true
! Uncomment this to turn off color mode in your xterms
!XTerm.VT100*colorMode: off
XTerm.VT100*dynamicColors: on
! Number of lines of scrollback to save
XTerm*saveLines: 1500
xterm*reverseWrap: true
*visualBell: true
*scrollTtyOutput: False
*scrollKey: True
Scrollbar.JumpCursor: True
! And the gorgeous aterm!
Aterm.foreground: white
Aterm*scrollbar: false
! Suppr support.
*VT100.Translations: #override \
<Key>BackSpace: string(0x7F)\n\
<Key>Delete: string("\033[3~")\n\
<Key>Home: string("\033[1~")\n\
<Key>End: string("\033[4~")
! The evil Netscape!
Netscape*toolBar.myshopping.isEnabled: false
Netscape*toolBar.destinations.isEnabled: false
Netscape*toolBar.search.isEnabled: false
Netscape*toolBar.viewSecurity.isEnabled: false
Netscape*toolBar.home.isEnabled: false
Netscape*toolBar.print.isEnabled: false
Netscape*toolBar.userCommand1.commandName: findInObject
Netscape*toolBar.userCommand1.labelString: Find
Netscape*toolBar.userCommand1.commandIcon: Search
Netscape*fontList: nexus
Netscape*XmTextField.fontList: nexus
HTH
Glyn M
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