> I'm trying to change the bahaviors, such as the initial window size, > of emacs and xpdf in .Xresources on FC4. But it seems no matter what > I do, there is no effect at all. Don't know what went wrong. > > I did re-login after changing the file. > > Thanks, > > Xiaotian > After you update your .Xresource file, run the command: xrdb -merge .Xresources This will get your resources merged into the current environment without logging off. To see what is in your environment: xrdb -q | more That should at least show you what resources are set. Bob Styma