[arch-general] xdm mysteries

[fons at kokkinizita.net]

Hello all,

Trying to translate some of the entries in 

/etc/X11/xdm/archlinux/Xresources

to Italian I get strange results.

  Xlogin*greeting:Benvenuti to Salome 

works OK. But

  Xlogin*namePrompt:Nome d'utente\040:
  Xlogin*passwdPrompt:Parola d'ordine\040:

just give me the defaults.

I tried replacing all spaces with \040, same result.

I also tried enclosing the text in double quotes,
but then the quotes are printed as well.

So what is the correct syntax ?

Another strange thing is that on this system
a failed login does not display the 'Incorrect'
message but restarts xdm immediately. On another
system (same version, installed or upgraded the
same day) this works...

Any help will be appreciated !

Ciao,

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FA

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