Questions tagged [x-resources]
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X Logical Font Description and HiDPI
The problem: X-server serves fonts at a fixed resolution of 100dpi, rather than the current window system resolution (xdpyinfo | grep -F resolution).
A bit of theory. There are legacy server-side ...
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Scaling of icons does not work for gtkmm applications
I have a 4K display, and the correct scaling would be 3x. I have put
Xft.dpi: 300
in .Xresources and
GDK_SCALE=3
GDK_DPI_SCALE=-1
in /etc/environment.
This can scale most applications, but the C++ ...
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Unicode RXVT and Xresources Settings
In Fedora 24, the Xresources file was automatically loaded. However in Fedora 25 I have to manually execute xrdb -merge ~/.Xresources. Does anyone know how to have the system auto-load Xresources?
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XQuartz xterm UTF-8 resource name
I was using UTF-8 resources names like these ones:
wengé*Background: #321
wengé*Foreground: #ffb
and this was working with XQuartz 2.8.1 through this direct
call like from within the ...
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libXaw can't find Bitmaps from /usr/include/X11/bitmaps
When launching Xaw applications, some of them report
Warning: Cannot convert string "<somename>" to type Pixmap
One such name is xlogo11; these names are bitmap files, found in /usr/...
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Changing Firefox icon in MWM/CDE
I am trying to change the icon for Firefox using X resources and CDE. I am not sure if it is possible anymore.
I have tried this:
Dtwm*firefox*iconImage: Dtterm
and this:
Dtwm*mozilla*iconImage: ...
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xterm translations ignoring "Shift" specifier
I'd like to change the key mappings for XTerm so that CTRL-SHIFT-C is copying from the clipboard, but CTRL-C is still SIGINT, as is the default. Basically, I want to do the same thing as this ...
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How to configure different font sizes for named urxvt windows?
I have two urxvt terminal windows, and I want each of them to be configured in slightly different way. I've set a different name for the windows via the -name flag. I added the following to the ....
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How do I inform Firefox about a change in the X server resource database?
When docking/undocking my laptop, I change Xft.dpi in the X server resource database using xrdb. After that happened, I would like to inform as many applications as possible that they should re-read ...
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Xresources not loaded after login
I've recently switch to Debian 10, and found problem with .Xresouces file. After login there is always some default configuration, and I can't find reason why my .Xresouces file isn't loaded.
I ...
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.Xdefaults: How to Target Firefox Only
Trying to modify the .Xdefaults maximumMaximumSize and limitResize properties only for Firefox applications. Is there a way to target Firefox applications when writing to Xdefaults while not affecting ...
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Ricing Xclock Colors
I have edited the ~/.Xresources file for the forground and backgorund of Xclock:
xclock*foreground: #ebdbb2
xclock*background: #282828
Only the background shows up. The forground remains the default ...
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How am I supposed to configure xterm?
I am trying to configure XTerm terminal and in the Wiki, it says it is done via X resources. I installed xorg-xrdb package then created a ~/.Xresources file and edited and added these lines:
XTerm....
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Can't get URxvt to work with the font "Inter". Using it causes spaces in-between letters
I cannot get the popular Google font "Inter" to work with URxvt. When I set the font, xrdb -merge .Xresources and open a new terminal, it has spaces between the letters l i k e t h i s. ...
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set xterm.vt100.faceSize from commandline
I am searching for this solution for quite a bit.
I do not have access to ~/.Xresources; probably it's disabled by the administrator. Hence I need to set the facesize from the terminal.
xterm -xrm "...
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Configuring xterm without access to xrdb on Red Hat 6.10
To give some context, I try to configure an environment in which I just arrived. The targeted development environment is confined on a remote Red Hat 6.10 system, only accessible through putty on a ...
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