.Xresources no effect

[STYMA, ROBERT E (ROBERT)]

> 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