Because .Xdefaults is only read at startup of X.  For speed, X resources are
stored in a memory resident datbase.  .Xdefatulst is thus only read at
startup.  This is standard behavior.

Steve

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Steve Houle
Enterprise Management
Salomon Smith Barney
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mailto:stephen.a.houle AT ssmb DOT com


-----Original Message-----
From: Simon Long [mailto:simon AT nettrack.com DOT au]
Sent: Friday, September 18, 1998 8:37 AM
To: NV-L AT UCSBVM.UCSB DOT EDU
Subject: "xrdb -load"??


Hi,

I've noticed the necessity to run the "xrdb -load .Xdefault" to
pull in changes to the .Xdefaults without logging out/in.   Why is
this?

Simon Long
Nettrack Technical Solutions Pty Ltd