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From: rhoward@msd.gatech.edu (Robert L. Howard)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: xrdb question (used in .xintrc file)
Summary: Resources aren't passed at startup
Message-ID: <10930@hydra.gatech.EDU>
Date: 29 Jun 90 16:48:45 GMT
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Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
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I can't seem to get my resources passed to things that are started up in 
mt .xinitrc file.  Here's the scenario:

I run 'xinit'

Everything starts up but xbiff doesn't get the geometry resource
from xrdb.

If I immediately start an xbiff from the command line, it works!
'appres xbiff' also reports what I expect.

Can anyone help?  Am I doing something fundamentally wrong?

Here is my .xinitrc  (much edited) ...
--------------------------------------------------------------
#!/bin/sh 
#
# ~/.xinitrc  X clients for xinit to crank up.
#
userresources=$HOME/.Xresources

# merge in defaults

if [ -f $userresources ]; then
    xrdb -merge $userresources
fi

# Added in hopes of making it work (no luck)
sleep 2

#  From the defaults

xterm -geometry 80x12+10+10 -title Console -C &
xterm -geometry 80x50+515+10 &
olwm -3 -f &

# Added in hopes of making it work (no luck)
sleep 2

# start some nice programs

xbiff -geometry -10+256 &

# finally, start the program that you shouldn't kill

floatbg
____________________________________________________________

Here is .Xresources (again, edited) ...
-----------------------------------------------------------
! xbiff
! This doesn't work
xbiff*geometry:			76
! These do....
xbiff*background:		LemonChiffon
xbiff*onceOnly:			off
-----------------------------------------------------------

SparcStation 1
SunOS 4.1
X11r4 (PL 12)
Using olwm

Thanks for any advice,
Robert

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