>>>>> "mb" == Mark Borges <mdb_at_cdc.noaa.gov> writes:
>>> On Tue, 17 Oct 1995 14:50:21 +0100, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes(J)
>>> wrote:
J> - the use of # as a comment delimiter for fvwm conflicts with
J> cpp. I had to insert a space in front of the comments, which is
J> not very nice. I'd like to see an alternate comment delimiter
J> in fvwm.
mb> Since cpp strips comments by default, you could use C style
mb> comments (/* comment */) in your .fvwmrc as well, since fvwm
mb> will never see them.
Thats a good idea.
J> PS: On a related subject, does somebody knows of a clever way
J> to use cpp on the .Xdefaults file transparently?
mb> I'm not sure I understand -- xrdb invokes cpp on the
mb> .Xdefaults file by default. Is something besides xrdb used to
mb> get your .Xdefaults into the X database?
>From what I read in the X man page, xrdb is not used to read
.Xdefaults. In fact, only the #include directive is recognized, but it
seems to be a hack. It is easy to check that if I edit my .Xdefaults
to add some cpp-isms, my apps complain about their resources. If there
is some kind of magic option somewhere to force the use of xrdb, I'd
like to know about it.
Jean-Marc.
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Received on Wed Oct 18 1995 - 04:46:04 BST