How to manage .Xdefaults to be used for Tk on Win32?

Baboon has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Fellow perlmonks,

Could you please share your experience how to manage .Xdefaults to be used for Tk on Win32?

I set "HOME" environment variable, and placed ".Xdefaults" file there.

My .Xdefaults file is as follows:

UserFont*userFont*foreground: red
UserFont*userFont*background: green
SystemFont*systemFont*foreground: white
SystemFont*systemFont*background: white
*font*background: black
*font*background: black
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I know it contains stupid color definitions, but they are such to do that obvious whether my file is accepted at all...

I searched Tk distribution but found nothing that I did wrong. Moreover, I saw mention about processing of that file on Win32.

Whoever sees I did something wrong, please advice me how to correct a situation.

Does anyone succeeded changing colors on Win32?

Thank you in advance,
I.R.Baboon.

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Re: How to manage .Xdefaults to be used for Tk on Win32? by Baboon (Acolyte) on Jun 15, 2002 at 16:50 UTC
Actually my .Xdefaults file was processed by perl/Tk even on Win32 (after I placed that file in $HOME), the point was it contained values that did not affected anything I saw. When I put `background: yellow` [download] in there, it was obvious my file was processed And while trying to solve my problem I've discovered an interest way to override .Xdefaults from command line: `perl -MTk -we "MainLoop(tkinit->Button(-text=>'test')->grid)" -- -xrm +background:red -xrm *foreground:white` [download] and really short GUI program without any punctuation: `perl -MTk -we "MainLoop tkinit"` [download] Best wishes, I.R.Baboon.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: How to manage .Xdefaults to be used for Tk on Win32? by hagus (Monk) on Jun 14, 2002 at 07:13 UTC
This is pretty thoroughly off-topic. --. Nevertheless, have you tried doing a google search for Tk related X resources? Furthermore, somewhere in the Tk distribution will be code that reads these X resources. Use the source. -- Ash OS durbatulk, ash OS gimbatul, Ash OS thrakatulk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul! Uzg-Microsoft-ishi amal fauthut burguuli.	[reply]
Re: Re: How to manage .Xdefaults to be used for Tk on Win32? by Anonymous Monk on Jun 15, 2002 at 05:29 UTC
HOW IS THIS Off topic? The "options" database, described in Tk::options is what he's talking about.	[reply]
Re: Re: Re: How to manage .Xdefaults to be used for Tk on Win32? by hagus (Monk) on Jun 16, 2002 at 09:25 UTC
The fact that he doesn't mention Perl at all is a bit of a clue in. Tk is an extension to Tcl, not Perl. Yes, there is a Perl interface for it, but his question is a generalised one regarding the configuration of Tk, not something specific to the Tk Perl module. If it can be achieved with Tk::options, by all means enlighten us. It will be a useful contribution if he is indeed using the perl Tk module. -- Ash OS durbatulk, ash OS gimbatul, Ash OS thrakatulk, agh burzum-ishi krimpatul! Uzg-Microsoft-ishi amal fauthut burguuli.	[reply]
Re: Re: How to manage .Xdefaults to be used for Tk on Win32? by Baboon (Acolyte) on Jun 14, 2002 at 07:32 UTC
Your reply is more likely offtopic (like mine now, sorry) RTFS is good advice, and, as I stated, I did RTFS but this leads me too deep into frustration. Are you a person who succeeded doing this and can share experience, as I asked? Why you're talking when you do not have something essential to say? Best wishes, I.R.Baboon.	[reply]