On Sun, 2005-08-28 at 00:05 +0100, Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro wrote: > On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 18:09 +0200, Lorenzo Colitti wrote: > > The argument for removing xrdb altogether is that users that are putting > > #define statements in .Xdefaults or .Xresources are (a) rare, (b) > > probably non relying on gnome to call xrdb for them, and (c) savvy > > enough to fix the problem if they are. > > > > Thoughts? Should xrdb be turned off by default? > > IMHO a much better solution would be to simply delay running xrdb > until after the splash screen disappears. This way people can get at > their business quicker, while xrdb runs in background. The problem with this is that since there is no change notification for X resources, any applications that are started (by the user, or automatically) before gnome-settings-daemon calls xrdb won't pick up the X resources values. This could cause a perception of unreliability... Regards, Owen
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