Re: When Can I Change the Defaults of X?

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From: Rob Coleman
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 21:22

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>When I'm running X windows, can I basically change things in the file
>.Xdefaults or change the defaults directly (font etc.) and have these 
>changes applied to the current session without exiting X and re-entering 
>it?

Any changes that you make in the .Xdefaults file won't take effect until
you a) restart X or b) type "xrdb .Xdefaults" to effectively read in the
new defaults.  I believe that you can do xrdb from any xterm session and
it will take effect.
-- 
Rob Coleman ][ gt0449a@prism.gatech.edu        ][  "I think I'm going bald!"
Comp. Sci.  ][ Georgia Institute of Technology ][        -Rush/COS

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From: gt0449a@prism.gatech.EDU (Rob Coleman)
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Subject: Re: When Can I Change the Defaults of X?
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Date: 21 Jan 93 21:22:04 GMT
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