--- Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com> wrote: > Thomas Adam
<thomas_adam16_at_yahoo.com> writes:
> > --- Dan Espen <dane_at_mk.telcordia.com> wrote: > Christian Aistleitner
> > <tmgisi_at_gmx.at> writes:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > So what I was looking for was something like:
> > > >
> > > > Style XTerm StartMaximized
> > >
> > > Xterm understands X resources.
> > >
> > > I use rxvt instead of xterm, but a similar approach would work
> > > for xterm.
> > > Here is what I use to force rxvt to almost full screen height
> > > (font matters too):
> > >
> > > #if ( HEIGHT == 900 )
> > > Rxvt.geometry: 80x55
> > > #elif ( HEIGHT == 1024 )
> > > Rxvt.geometry: 80x65
> > > #elif ( HEIGHT == 768 )
> > > Rxvt.geometry: 80x47
> > > #else /* I have no idea... */
> > > Rxvt.geometry: 80x40
> > > #endif
> > >
> > > "HEIGHT" is defined by xrdb which loads the xresources.
> >
> > I'd be more inclined to add it in "~/.Xresources" (often symlinked to
> > ~/.Xdefaults).
>
> When you put things in ~/.Xdefaults doesn't xrdb still do the loading?
>
>
> I used to use .Xdefaults, but I found that it got out of control
> because it was too big.
>
> Now I have this in my .xinitrc:
>
> cat $HOME/xdef/*.ad | xrdb -load
>
> And I have a bunch of X.ad files in ~/xdef.
Yeah, i mean there's nothing wrong with you doing that, although I
question your command above. "cat" will display the contents, surely
something like:
``
for i in $(ls -1 $HOME/xdef/*.ad); do xrdb -merge $i; done
''
would be better? Or am I missing something?
-- Thomas Adam
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Received on Thu Sep 18 2003 - 06:52:05 BST