Emacs ignoring X server resource settings

abovett · 08-19-2005, 06:09 PM

Hi

Emacs on my FC4 box is ignoring the X server resources I have set with xrdb - can anyone suggest why? I know the resources I am using are correct - I use them successfully on other PCs running different distros. If I do:

Code:

xrdb -query

then the resources are listed correctly - the problem is that Emacs is not using them. I can't set the colours, or the size of the Emacs window.

For completeness, the resource settings I am using are:

Code:

emacs*font: -adobe-courier-medium-r-*-*-*-140-75-75-*-*-*
emacs*foreground:                       Black
emacs*background:                       White
emacs*region.attributeForeground:       Brown
emacs*region.attributeBackground:       lightgoldenrod2
emacs*pointerColor:                     Black
emacs*cursorColor:                      Black
emacs.geometry:                         180x80

I tried without the font line in case Emacs was getting upset about that and ignoring the rest, but no difference.

Thanks

Andy B

UPDATE: I've discovered I can't even specify resources on the command line. For example, this works in Mandriva or Ubuntu, but not under Fedora:

Code:

emacs -xrm "emacs*background:Brown"

Is there something "special" about the version of emacs packaged for Fedora?

Andy B