Re: Problem with /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
Re: Problem with /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
- Subject: Re: Problem with /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
- From: "Cook, Rich" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:13:32 -0800
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: Problem with /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
Bingo! Thanks for that information!
On Dec 8, 2010, at 11:29 AM, Mike Thornburg wrote:
> Reporting the result of Ctrl+Right_click in an xterm window:
>
> On Mon, 6 Dec 2010, Cook, Rich wrote:
>
>> Interesting, I don't get the usual menu when I do that. A little square
>> shows up instead. It doesn't matter whether it's /opt/X11/bin/xterm or
>> /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm Curiouser and curiouser...
>
> This sort of problem often means that you tried to use a resource to set
> the xterm geometry and wildcarded too many parts of the resource
> specifier. Eg, you specified XTerm*Geometry instead of
> XTerm*VT100*Geometry. The geometry of the popup menus' windows is
> specified in pixels while the geometry of the main xterm window is
> specified in characters.
>
> --
> Mike Thornburg
> email@hidden
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