Re: startup option "-name"

i have a system with two versions installed, 14.12 being the default (symlink pointing to...), and when i started 15.b14 giving to bash its full name, its appearance was ... messy after some investigation i found that the application name was different from Emacs, and i thought to the "-name" option for a fix what the info node says about "-name" ------------------------------------------------------------------------ `-name NAME' Use the resource manager resources specified by NAME. The default is to use the name of the program (`argv[0]') as the resource manager name. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ while the man page says ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -name name Specifies the program name which should be used when looking up defaults in the user's X resources. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ what happens is different in different environments 1. debian, 5.14b doesn't obeys -name (i mean, it doesn't do what _i_ think it should (but i'm often wrong), that is, if i start "xemacs -name porridge" the window names are: 1st Window: Emacs.emacs.emacs:__scratch_＠boffi95: Geometry=967x669+1+1 2nd Window: Emacs.emacs._scratch_＠boffi95: Geometry=955x632+1+28 and xemacs finds its proper resources) the program name when looking for resources is Emacs, even if argv[0] is xemacs-21.5-b14

2. mandrake, 5.14b doesn't obeys -name (imHo) the program name when looking for resources is argv[0] (it doesn't find proper resources!) 3. mandrake, 4.12 doesn't obeys -name (imHo) the program name is Emacs anyway i'm in doubt if the docs need some clarification, if the one in need of clarification it's me, or there is a sort of problem in the program