Re: xterm charClass

From: Caj Zell (cajzell_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 08/24/03 

Date: 24 Aug 2003 14:56:22 -0700

Thanks, Len!

This worked out fine when I symlinked .Xresources as you said (and
yes, I am running RH9)

Caj Zell

len@philpot.org (Len Philpot) wrote in message news:<vki2bl5c38pt53@corp.supernews.com>...
> Caj Zell <cajzell@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > I have the following in my ~/.Xdefaults
> >
> > xterm*charClass: 33-126:48
> > (tried XTerm*charClass also...)
>
> Are you running Red Hat 8 or 9? I've heard reports that .Xdefaults is
> ignored, and .Xresources is read instead. I've just symlinked
> .Xresources to my existing .Xdefaults and mine works.
>
>
> > I do 'xrdb -load .Xdefaults' and can see that this is accepted after a
> > 'xrdb -query|grep char' which displays the above line. Still, when I
> > am in an xterm and double click for instance "dfgdfg:sdfgdsgf" only
> > the left or right of the ':' is selected. I thought I had done what I
> > should according to the book "Unix Power Tools 3d Ed."
>
> The change won't be picked up by the existing xterm (AFAIK, but I could
> definitely be wrong). I always start a new one to test X resources.
>
> This works for me, although I've broken it up a bit more than you:
>
> xterm*charClass: 33:48,35-37:48,40-41:48,43:48,45-47:48,91:48,93:48,126:48