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#1 2009-01-21 23:45:14
- jey
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~/.Xdefaults and inheritance
I have some stuff in my .Xdefaults like 'urxvt*' etc.
I want to use a named terminal, but it doesnt inerit the urxvt lines in Xdefaults, how can I make it so that when I do urxvt -name NAME, it will inherit the urxvt* settings?
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#2 2009-01-21 23:53:28
- skottish
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Re: ~/.Xdefaults and inheritance
If it won't interfere with any other terminal that you're using, you could simply remove urxvt from the line. For instance, urxvt*background will become *background.
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#3 2009-01-22 00:05:14
- jey
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Re: ~/.Xdefaults and inheritance
Ah thanks, that worked a treat!
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#4 2009-01-22 04:08:51
- damjan
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Re: ~/.Xdefaults and inheritance
afaik , if you use 'URxvt.font' (note the case) it should work.
Thats the window class and not the name.
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#5 2009-01-22 05:28:04
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Re: ~/.Xdefaults and inheritance
afaik , if you use 'URxvt.font' (note the case) it should work.
Thats the window class and not the name.
That's really cool. I didn't know this one.
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#6 2009-01-22 21:27:40
- Square
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Re: ~/.Xdefaults and inheritance
IIRC you can also have specific Xdefaults based on window names 
So, if you want to have certain colors only for irssi, you can make an Xdefaults using any name you want...
i.e.
irssiterm.color1:
irssiterm.color2:
...Then just start up a terminal named irssiterm (case important!), and then run irssi!
Last edited by Square (2009-01-22 21:31:42)
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