--- rxvt-unicode/src/main.C	2006/01/10 18:09:22	1.169
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/main.C	2006/01/12 00:35:39	1.175
@@ -286,14 +286,10 @@
     }
 
   // TODO: free pixcolours, colours should become part of rxvt_display
-
   delete pix_colors_focused;
 #if OFF_FOCUS_FADING
   delete pix_colors_unfocused;
 #endif
-#if USE_XGETDEFAULT
-  XrmDestroyDatabase (xrmdatabase);
-#endif
 
   displays.put (display);
 
@@ -484,6 +480,7 @@
 rxvt_term::init (int argc, const char *const *argv)
 {
   SET_R (this);
+  TEMP_ENV; // few things in X do not call setlocale :(
 
   set_locale ("");
 
@@ -528,6 +525,7 @@
         }
 #endif
       rxvt_perl.init ();
+      setlocale (LC_CTYPE, curlocale); // perl init destroys this info
       HOOK_INVOKE ((this, HOOK_INIT, DT_END));
     }
 #endif
@@ -538,7 +536,7 @@
 
   init_xlocale ();
 
-  scr_reset ();         /* initialize screen */
+  scr_reset (); // initialize screen
 
 #if 0
   XSynchronize (disp, True);
@@ -620,9 +618,13 @@
   }
 } sig_handlers;
 
+char **rxvt_environ; // startup environment
+
 void
 rxvt_init ()
 {
+  rxvt_environ = environ;
+
   /*
    * Save and then give up any super-user privileges
    * If we need privileges in any area then we must specifically request it.
@@ -647,9 +649,7 @@
   // TODO: handle this with exceptions and tolerate the memory loss
   XSetIOErrorHandler (rxvt_xioerror_handler);
 
-#ifdef USE_XGETDEFAULT
   XrmInitialize ();
-#endif
 }
 
 /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
@@ -710,24 +710,24 @@
          * change effective uid/gid - not real uid/gid - so we can switch
          * back to root later, as required
          */
-        seteuid (getuid ());
         setegid (getgid ());
+        seteuid (getuid ());
         break;
       case SAVE:
-        saved_euid = geteuid ();
         saved_egid = getegid ();
+        saved_euid = geteuid ();
         break;
       case RESTORE:
-        seteuid (saved_euid);
         setegid (saved_egid);
+        seteuid (saved_euid);
         break;
     }
 # else
   switch (action)
     {
       case IGNORE:
-        setuid (getuid ());
         setgid (getgid ());
+        setuid (getuid ());
         /* FALLTHROUGH */
       case SAVE:
         /* FALLTHROUGH */
@@ -1453,6 +1453,8 @@
   char **s;
   XIMStyles *xim_styles;
 
+  TEMP_ENV;
+
   if (! ((p = XSetLocaleModifiers (modifiers)) && *p))
     return false;