dwatts@ki.UUCP (Dan Watts) (11/06/90)
Being a novice X user, where does one find information on how to set up the
.Xdefaults file for an RS/6000? I read all about the keywords that aixterm
can have in this file, but I can find no references to an actual .Xdefaults
file. I presume the file is an ascii file that I would use my editor to make
but what goes in it? There must be some major keyword to identify which program
the options are for. A keyword of "title" is just to generic to be identified
as "The title for an aixterm window". I'm sure other programs like xclock also
have keywords such as "title". I tried a cat of the .Xdefaults file in my
home directory but it looks like:
XDesktop*pictureDirectory : /usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xdt_i_large /usr/include/
X11/bitmaps/xdt_c_large
Should I put in something like:
Aixterm*title : My aixterm title
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############### New Dimensions In Network Connectivity ##############lindner@cs.umn.edu (Paul Lindner) (11/06/90)
dwatts@ki.UUCP (Dan Watts) writes: >Being a novice X user, where does one find information on how to set up the I've dug around with info explorer and found that a good place to start is in the "books" section. Choose the book "User Interface Programming Concepts and Procedures" From here you can travel numerous routes to find out about the various settings of aixterm, mwm and the like. I'm learning how to use infoexplorer more and more every day. It takes a little getting used t). (But then again I don't strain my back on so many heavy manuals 8^> ) >.Xdefaults file for an RS/6000? I read all about the keywords that aixterm >can have in this file, but I can find no references to an actual .Xdefaults >file. I presume the file is an ascii file that I would use my editor to make >but what goes in it? There must be some major keyword to identify which program >the options are for. A keyword of "title" is just to generic to be identified >as "The title for an aixterm window". I'm sure other programs like xclock also >have keywords such as "title". I tried a cat of the .Xdefaults file in my >home directory but it looks like: >XDesktop*pictureDirectory : /usr/include/X11/bitmaps/xdt_i_large /usr/include/ >X11/bitmaps/xdt_c_large >Should I put in something like: >Aixterm*title : My aixterm title This will work if you want all of your aixterm windows to say something besides "aixterm". Here is what my .Xdefaults file looks like now (A lot of these flags took a while to figure out!) aixterm*font: courR12 aixterm*background: LightGray Mwm*resizeBorderWidth: 5 Mwm*InteractivePlacement: True Mwm*keyboardFocusPolicy: pointer These settings will set the font of aixterm to a reasonable size, set the background color to LightGray, set the resize border to something that's not so HUGE (The default is 10 pixels!) The last two settings make mwm more like the twm I'm used to, i.e. I place where I want the windows when they first pop up, and the Input focus is always where the current mouse pointer is. Hope this helps! -- Paul Lindner, Univ. of MN \ Microcomputer / Pauls Law: You can't IT Sun dude, & UofM ACM pres \ Workstation / fall off the floor. lindner@boombox.micro.umn.edu \ Networks / {...!rutgers!umn-cs!lindner} | | | | | | | | |||||\ Center /||||| | | | | | | | |
crow@longhorn.austin.ibm.com (David Crow) (11/06/90)
In article <881@ki.UUCP> dwatts@ki.UUCP (Dan Watts) writes: >Being a novice X user, where does one find information on how to set up the >.Xdefaults file for an RS/6000? A sample file is contained in /usr/lpp/X11/defaults/Xdefaults.tmpl. -- - This is only an exhibition, not a competition, so please....no wagering. - David Crow IBM VNET: crowdav@austin IBM IP Net: crow@waterloo.austin.ibm.com Outside: ...!cs.utexas.edu!ibmchs!auschs!waterloo.austin.ibm.com!crow ------ Any opinions expressed are those of me and not of my employer. ------