Re: x11 color resources

[Ethan M. <merritt@u.washington.edu>]

On Friday 24 June 2005 02:15 pm, Petr Mikulik wrote:
> I didn't like the gray x11 window background when running gnuplot on a 
> computer cluster ... then I have noticed that on some computers the 
> following in .Xdefault (+ xrdb ...) works always
>  	gnuplot.background: white
> but this only on some
>  	gnuplot*background: white

The x.y form of an X11 resource takes precedence over the x*y form.
I suspect that on your machines where setting gnuplot*background has 
no effect, it is because there is also an active gnuplot.background
resource that remains in effect.
 
> And the following does not work at all:
> gnuplot.textColor: red

Right. Nothing in the current gnuplot source looks for such
a resource.  If it is mentioned in the docs, it must date back to
an obsolete version.  
 
> Gnuplot docs contains only the "gnuplot*background" notation. Is it OK?

Yes.  
We cannot possibly replicate the entire set of X11 documentation
just to explain things that affect gnuplot the same way they affect
all other X11 programs.


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