Re: XQuartz window settings lost on OS update
Re: XQuartz window settings lost on OS update
- Subject: Re: XQuartz window settings lost on OS update
- From: Don MacQueen via X11-users <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2020 12:32:26 -0800
You could try naming it
~/.Xdefaults
(That’s what I currently use, but I’m still on 10.14.x. I have no idea what the
current standard is within the X world.)
-Don
> On Feb 5, 2020, at 12:08 PM, Philip Dennison via X11-users
> <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I've been using XQuartz for many years on several different Macs. In the past
> my customized window settings have been retained during OS updates. By this I
> mean my choice of initial size, text and background colors.
>
> I have just updated my 2010 MacPro from El Camino to High Sierra, and my
> settings have been lost. I get the default small black-on-white window.
>
> It is so long since I set up those choices I can't remember how to do it...
>
> They seem to have been saved in ~/.Xresources and are still present, but no
> longer being used:
>
> xterm.vt100.saveLines: 1000
> ! Colors
> !.xterm.vt100.background: firebrick4
> .xterm.vt100.background: rgb:6f/0/0
> .xterm.vt100.foreground: lightyellow1
> ! Geometry
> .xterm.vt100.geometry: 160x48+512+200
>
> I tried copying these settings to ~/.profile and /etc/profile and ~/.bashrc
> with no success.
>
> Can anyone guide me on how to fix this?
>
> Thanks very much,
>
> Phil.
>
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