From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from hp.com ([15.255.152.4]) by hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu with SMTP id <24140>; Thu, 10 Feb 1994 12:42:29 -0500 Received: from hpwcsvp.mayfield.hp.com by hp.com with SMTP (1.36.108.7/15.5+IOS 3.13) id AA10734; Thu, 10 Feb 1994 09:42:10 -0800 Received: from localhost by hpwcsvp.mayfield.hp.com with SMTP (1.36.108.7/15.5+ECS 3.3) id AA10759; Thu, 10 Feb 1994 09:38:02 -0800 Message-Id: <9402101738.AA10759@hpwcsvp.mayfield.hp.com> To: steve@gec-epl.co.uk (Steve_Kilbane) Cc: sam-fans@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu Subject: Re: setting x resources X-Mailer: Xmh+mh6.7 In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 10 Feb 94 05:13:57 -0500. <9402101013.AA03848@zombie.gec-epl.co.uk> Date: Thu, 10 Feb 1994 12:38:01 -0500 From: Peter Huang > this is a X question really, but sam's the application it applies most to. > > running sam on solaris 2.3, whenever i run sam locally, the window's size > is defined by /usr/openwin/lib/app-defaults/Sam. fine. when i set DISPLAY > and run it remotely, it ignores such settings, and comes up full-size. > is there any way to persuade an X application to use the defaults from the > X server's machine? > The app-defaults stuff is used per client basis, i.e. when you start a client, it will look at app-defaults for resource hints. To have uniform client resource whereever you log on, you need to load those resource hints into Xserver, this can be done by using 'xrdb -merge Sam'. look at xrdb man page for details. ============================================================ Peter Huang HP Response Center Lab Phone: (415)691-3417 Email: huangp@mayfield.HP.COM 100 Mayfield Avenue, MS 37MA, Moutain View, CA 94043 ============================================================ DISCLAIMER: this message is the my personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion or policy of Hewlett-Packard.