diane@drao.nrc.ca (Diane Parchomchuk) (12/21/90)
Hi, I read the article on Imake a while back, my question is where is the source of Imake. Is it ftp_able or is it supposed to be part of X11Rn? Next, is there a mail group for Xbeginners, I enjoy reading the Xpert group but most of the stuff is way past where I am now. I don't want to irritate the newsgroup with easy questions, it would be great to have a support-group for X novices. Such things as starting to work with X intrinsics, setting up X on your site (when you haven't done this before), figuring out where the libraries, default files etc. are and what they do... Real beginning stuff. There are very few X courses that are available outside major sites ( I am in the boonies ), there seem to be more X tutorial books available but it is still reassuring to contact others who are struggling too. Merry Christmas, Chanukkah, New Years, everything - Ho Ho Ho, Its 24C below!! Diane diane@drao.nrc.ca
dlbst1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Donald L. Bonaddio) (01/04/91)
Hello
I am looking for a good .Xdefaults file. Does anyone have
a neat one to send me? I am a new X user aand I don't knnow where to
begin. I am running X on a HP400T workstation(8 plane color).
Thanks in advance,
DB
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(412)344-5321 eve.gildea@expo.lcs.mit.EDU (Stephen Gildea) (01/04/91)
Date: 3 Jan 91 19:57:51 GMT
From: dlbst1@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Donald L. Bonaddio)
Organization: University of Pittsburgh, CIS
Subject: Re: Imake and Xbeginners
I am looking for a good .Xdefaults file. Does anyone have
a neat one to send me? I am a new X user aand I don't knnow where to
begin.
Begin without one. Customizing resources is a personal thing, and
there is no universal way to say that is "neat" and what is not. I
would not advise taking someone else's resource settings and adopting
them without understanding them. Use your X applications with the
defaults supplied by the authors. You will find them quite useable
(and if you don't, report the bug!). As you find things that don't
work quite the way you want, aren't the right color or size, etc.,
customize them. The man pages will tell you the resources to set.
If you're looking for something to copy from a friend or start writing
yourself, start with .xsession (or .xinitrc, depending on how your
site is set up).
< Stephen