Re: [PATCH] use xrdb -nocpp when possible

[Sebastien Bacher <seb128 debian org>]

Le mardi 18 octobre 2005 à 13:10 +0200, Rodrigo Moya a écrit :

> Attached patch makes xrdb use the -nocpp option when possible, in 2 of
> the 3 executions, where we are just passing built input, with no
> #define's at all, to xrdb.

hi,

The patch is fine by me.

> gdm itself runs xrdb for the ~/.Xresources file, so, not sure if we can
> remove that file from gnome-settings-xrdb.c.

Some people run GNOME without gdm, is that something we want to
consider? Or we just say people who decide to not use the official
window manager accept that?


> I was planning to execute the xrdb thing in g-s-xrdb.c in a timeout, but
> from what was said in d-d-l, we really need to execute xrdb before any
> motif app is started. Any comments?

I agree with the points mentioned on the desktop list. Applications
registred with the session have to be started after the xrdb setting. Is
it easy to start the desktop/panel/nautilus, then xrdb and then the apps
registred with the session? 


Cheers,

Sebastien Bacher