[arch-general] xdm mysteries

[Guus Snijders]

On 21-02-10 00:34, fons at kokkinizita.net wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Trying to translate some of the entries in
>
> /etc/X11/xdm/archlinux/Xresources
> to Italian I get strange results.
[...]
>    Xlogin*namePrompt:Nome d'utente\040:
>    Xlogin*passwdPrompt:Parola d'ordine\040:
>
> just give me the defaults.

Looking at this from a shell perspective, i'd say it has a problem with 
the "'" (single quote) char. In some programminglanguages you can escape 
it with a "\", i'm not sure about this file, though.
But maybe you could try that.

Your namePrompt would become:
Xlogin*namePrompt:Nome d\'utente\040:

But maybe you need the nummerical code for it.

HTH, HAND


mvg,
    Guus