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From: Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What does xgetdefault use flag do
Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 16:59:32
Message-Id: 51A390BB.1000206@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What does xgetdefault use flag do by Mr G
1 On 27/05/2013 18:01, Mr G wrote:
2 >> You'll have to look in those app's docs or code to find out what they do
3 >> with ./configure --enable xgetdefault, but I suppose a reasonable
4 >> reading is that it uses Xresources in addition to $SOMETHING_ELSE.
5 >
6 >
7 > I didn't find anything concrete about what it does but I did find a
8 > reference to the fact that rxvt doesn't read the $HOME/.Xresources
9 > file if the operating system loads them into the X display. He also
10 > does not seem to be a big Gentoo fan so I am guessing this flag has
11 > something to do with this. It's the reference to the "small version"
12 > in the USE flag that was confusing me.
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15 I also have no idea what "small version" means - it's not English, it
16 doesn't parse, and it makes no sense.
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19 --
20 Alan McKinnon
21 alan.mckinnon@×××××.com

Replies

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Re: [gentoo-user] What does xgetdefault use flag do Mr G <persistence2success@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] What does xgetdefault use flag do Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××××.org>