rxvt : 1.5 vs. 1.7

[Charles Wilson]

On 5/10/2010 3:18 PM, Andy Koppe wrote:
> Oleksandr Gavenko wrote:
>> My preferred ~/.Xdefaults ?
> 
> That would mean linking against Xlib or reimplementing relevant parts
> of the X resource system.

Maybe not.  rxvt itself does NOT use the Xlib code to read .Xdefaults;
it has its own homegrown code to do so.  So, you /could/ copy that
implementation over into mintty...

> And break compatibility for existing mintty
> users, or support two different settings systems.

But this is an extremely good argument for NOT doing that.

--
Chuck


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