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From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: resource management with Xt
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Date: 6 Jul 89 00:13:24 GMT
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According to Doug Young, in his "X Window Systems Programming and 
Applications with Xt" book (p. 50), when XtInitialize() is called,
if a resource is not found in the RESOURCE_MANAGER, the value for 
that resource is obtained from the user's .Xdefaults file in 
his/her home directory.

So far I haven't had any luck with this.  I have no problem loading
a resource into the RESOURCE_MANAGER with xrdb and using it, so I know
I am using the right string for the resource.
It is not absolutely critical that the .Xdefaults file works; it is 
just a hell of a lot easier to debug programs using the .Xdefaults 
file rather than rerunning xrdb to load a new value for a resource 
each time I modify it.

I am running MIT X11r3 with patches 1 through 8 (haven't installed 9 yet),
Purdue speedups (not gcc, though) on Vaxstation II under Ultrix 3.0.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
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Brian V. Smith    (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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