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From: erik@srava.sra.JUNET (Erik M. van der Poel)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X resource management
Message-ID: <3185@srava.sra.JUNET>
Date: 25 Nov 89 07:57:58 GMT
References: <6628@merlin.usc.edu>
Reply-To: erik@sra.co.jp (Erik M. van der Poel)
Organization: Software Research Associates, Inc., Japan
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Here is a correct version of the procedure followed for resources:

--- Start ---

For clients using the R3 X Toolkit, the resource database is loaded and
merged in the following order.

    1. /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/<class>

    2. if XAPPLRESDIR set
               $XAPPLRESDIR<class>
       else
               <home>/<class>

    3. if server's RESOURCE_MANAGER property set (by xrdb)
               contents of RESOURCE_MANAGER
       else
               <home>/.Xdefaults

    4. if XENVIRONMENT set
               $XENVIRONMENT
       else
               <home>/.Xdefaults-<host>

    5. command line (e.g. -geometry, -xrm)

--- End ---

>    1.  The command-line option never override the default value I specified
>        in the .Xdefaults file. 

You should provide more information (by e-mail). Specifically:

		* the command line
		* your .Xdefaults
		* the program

>    2.  Every time I change the default value in .Xdefaults file, I must type
>        xrdb .Xdefaults then run my program, otherwise the new value never
>        override the old value.

The .Xdefaults file is ignored if the RESOURCE_MANAGER property has
been set (by xrdb). So if you want your .Xdefaults to take effect, you
must avoid using xrdb. You might be invoking xrdb from your .xsession
or your .xinitrc or whatever you use when you start up X.

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Erik M. van der Poel                  erik@sra.co.jp             (Japan)
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