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-Q does not ignore all X resources

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From: Jan Djärv <jan.h.d <at> swipnet.se>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
        "4594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <4594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>,
        "bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>,
        "4594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <4594 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#4594: -Q does not ignore all X resources
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 08:15:27 +0200

30 sep 2009 kl. 06.50 skrev Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>:

>> Current CVS trunk on GNU/Linux.
>
>> If I have items like:
>
>> Emacs.pane.menubar.*.Foreground: Red
>> Emacs.menu*.Foreground: Blue
>> Emacs.dialog*.foreground: Green
>
>> in my ~/.Xdefaults file, then `emacs -Q' continues to respect these
>> settings. I expected it to ignore _all_ Emacs-related X resources.
>> This feature would be more useful if it did so.
>
> Yes, the handling of X resources with -Q is imperfect:
> the X-resources that affect toolkit elements are still obeyed
> (because they access the X-resources more directly, without going
> through x_get_string_resource).  That's what you're seeing.
>
> Patches welcome,


Widgets managed by Xt reads resources automatically inside Xt code.
It is considered a feature. You probably can work around this but it  
isn't something as simply not calling a function or setting some  
variable.

Too much work for a small gain IMHO.

        Jan D.

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