Noob-Qs: StarOffice 8 menu fonts, xfterm4 with spaces in font name ...

[Olivier Fourdan]

Bryan J. Smith wrote :
[...]
> I guess I should really read up on GTK+ applications and how they check
> (or should check) for settings when GNOME is not running.
> 
> Heck, I'm kinda curious if there is a general set of .Xresources
> defaults for program fonts and other settings (and not just xterm)
> anyway.
> 
> Sigh, too long using GNOME as a crutch I guess.

GTK uses the XSETTINGS protocol [1].

But GTK != GNOME, and other desktops such as Xfce or ROX also implement 
an XSETTINGS manager, different from the one from GNOME, but as much 
compatible with the standard.

[1] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Standards_2fxsettings_2dspec

Cheers,
-- 
    - Olivier