On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 12:40:26AM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * Andy Saxena ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020505 23:16]: > > Hi, > > > > For some reason, when I invoke x-terminal-emulator, which points to > > xterm, results in different background, foreground, etc. settings than > > if I were to invoke xterm directly. > > > It has to do with the way xterm loads its X Resources. These may be > specified in your ~/.Xresources file. For example, in mine, I have some > settings like these: > > XTerm*scrollBar: on > xterm-mutt*scrollBar: false > > now, when I invoke xterm via "xterm -name mutt", I get an xterm without > a scrollbar. If I invoke just plain "xterm", I get a scrollbar. That > shows specifying the name explicitly on the command line; it defaults to > the name by which the xterm was called. For example, I could create a > symlink with "ln -s /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm xterm-mutt" and invoke > ./xterm-mutt without any arguments, and the xterm-mutt X resources would > be used. In your case, different resources are being loaded for > 'x-terminal-emulator' and 'xterm'. > > > In general, if xterm is invoked via a symlink, the result is different! > > I was under the impression that invoking a program via a symlink is > > transparent as far as the execution context of the program is concerned. > > It is on some levels; the symlink is dereferenced to get to the actual > code of the executable. A program can tell how it was called by looking > at argv[0], though. You should get the same result if you copy (instead > of symlinking) to a different name and running the copy. With the > symlink, the execution is identical, but the environment (containing the > command line) is different. >
Very interesting. Perhaps you could also tell me a way to look up the original symlink entry? Also, how would i get a symlink to point to "xterm -mutt"? The man page is quite pathetic in its documentation. Thanks, Andy -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
