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From: stevep@stellar.stellar.COM (Steve Pitschke)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: App Defaults shouldn't look for program name
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Date: 18 Jul 89 20:37:54 GMT
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>> There is an important difference between the application name and the class.
>> The name is a specific instance of an application, while the class refers to
>> all possible invocations of the application (The distinction is important fo
r
>> resource loading).  Thus it is important that the name a class of the
>> application be different.  Here is the convention that we use on most of
>> our applications. In general we use a class name for the application that is
 the
>> same as the application name, BUT the first letter is capitalized.

>> Thus:

>> 	Name		Class
>> --------------------------------
>> 	xman		Xman
>>   	xedit		Xedit

Actually, the Athena widget documentation has a slightly different
convention.

	By convention, the class name is formed by reversing the
	case of the applications first significant letter.  For example,
	an application name "xterm" would have a class name of
	"XTerm".

I wish that we would all (all us happy X users) arrive on a convention
that is the same one.  The capitolization issue, only the "x", everything
up to the first significant character ("xt") has puzzled our users
no end.  I realize this is only a conventions, but consistent statements
about it would be appreciated.