# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1011651496 0 # Node ID 0aa2696d5de7a3619e98a17a3bc4dfc558344fb9 # Parent 8835d93aea0cf77cb5eb475ec28b598924c8dc4f (Table of Resources): Under menuBar, add xrefs to the nodes for menu bar appearance resources. Say how to run xrdb to make .Xdefaults take effect. diff -r 8835d93aea0c -r 0aa2696d5de7 man/xresources.texi --- a/man/xresources.texi Mon Jan 21 21:33:33 2002 +0000 +++ b/man/xresources.texi Mon Jan 21 22:18:16 2002 +0000 @@ -24,10 +24,13 @@ @cindex resources @cindex X resources, @file{~/.Xdefaults} file - Programs running under the X Window System organize their user options -under a hierarchy of classes and resources. You can specify default -values for these options in your X resources file, usually named -@file{~/.Xdefaults}. + Programs running under the X Window System organize their user +options under a hierarchy of classes and resources. You can specify +default values for these options in your X resources file, usually +named @file{~/.Xdefaults}. If changes in @file{~/.Xdefaults} do not +take effect, it is because your X server stores its own list of +resources; to update them, use the shell command @command{xrdb}---for +instance, @samp{xrdb ~/.Xdefaults}. Each line in the file specifies a value for one option or for a collection of related options, for one program or for several programs @@ -137,7 +140,8 @@ @appendixsec Table of X Resources for Emacs This table lists the resource names that designate options for -Emacs, each with the class that it belongs to: +Emacs, not counting those for the appearance of the menu bar, each +with the class that it belongs to: @table @asis @item @code{background} (class @code{Background}) @@ -193,7 +197,9 @@ Additional space (@dfn{leading}) between lines, in pixels. @item @code{menuBar} (class @code{MenuBar}) -Give frames menu bars if @samp{on}; don't have menu bars if @samp{off}. +Give frames menu bars if @samp{on}; don't have menu bars if +@samp{off}. @xref{Lucid Resources}, and @ref{LessTif Resources}, for +how to control the appearance of the menu bar if you have one. @item @code{toolBar} (class @code{ToolBar}) Number of lines to reserve for the tool bar. A zero value suppresses