Larry, Thanks for checking this out. I am still concerned if `XEmacs' in the value of a resource caused it to use `XEmacs' resources; that would be a bug. Would you mind sending the exact .Xresources line that caused this? Thank you, greg Larry> Larry> On Mon, Apr 27, 1998 at 12:17:11PM -0400, Greg Klanderman wrote: Larry> Larry> I reverted my X resources and everything worked fine. What had Larry> happened is that I was trying different formats of a truetype Larry> font name, trying to find one which xrdb would accept as a valid Larry> name for an XEmacs default font. Evidently when it tried to make Larry> sense of the font's name it got confused and neglected to read the Larry> other following XEmacs resources. Sorry for the false alarm! Larry> Larry> Larry Larry> Larry> -- Larry> ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Larry> *o Larry Ayers <layers(a)marktwain.net&gt; *o*o Larry> o*o *o* Larry> *o*o Knox County, Missouri Troublesome Creek Watershed *o Larry> =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~

Larry> I spent a little time fooling around with my .Xresources file, Larry> and here are two variant font-specs which will keep XEmacs from Larry> reading the remainder of the resources: Larry> Larry> Warning: Cannot convert string \ Larry> "ttf-iowanoldst-medium-r-*-tt-*-140-*-*-*-*-iso8859-1" to type FontStruct Larry> Larry> Warning: Cannot convert string \ Larry> "-ttf-iowanoldst-medium-r-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" to type FontStruct OK, so the problem is that it is failing to read resources which come after this error, *not* that it is detecting that it should use `XEmacs' resources? I don't see that warning in the source, so I assume it is coming from X? Is it printed on the console, or in an XEmacs warning buffer? Can you verify that the value of x-emacs-application-class is "Emacs" (not "XEmacs") when you start xemacs -q? (Use C-h v)? If not, please send the output of `xrdb -query'. Greg

Larry> Just tried xemacs -q, and the x-emacs-application-class is Larry> still Emacs. The warning I posted is shown on the console from Larry> which X was started, and I don't know whether X or XEmacs Larry> generated it. Larry> Larry> Now I've tried xemacs -q with the offending font line Larry> uncommented, and this time I started it from an xterm; the error Larry> message is definitely from XEmacs, and the Larry> x-emacs-application-class shows up as XEmacs. Do you still need Larry> the output of xrdb -query? I so, I have it in a file and can Larry> post it. Yes, please do. Also post the entire offending line (I assume it is from your .Xdefaults or .Xresources?) greg