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From: dce@smsc.sony.com (David Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: List-style resource
Message-ID: <1990May25.230434.19554@smsc.sony.com>
Date: 25 May 90 23:04:34 GMT
Reply-To: dce@smsc.Sony.COM (David Elliott)
Organization: Sony Microsystems Corp.
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I have need for the following type of hierarchy:

	myapp*list: item1 item2 item3
	myapp*item1: element1 element2
	...

What I would like to do is to have the application know about a
predetermined list of items, but allow items to be added or deleted
by the user as needed.  For example, the user may want to say

	myapp*item1: +element3 -element2

and have "element3" added to the list, and "element2" removed
from the list, or

	myapp*list: +item4
	myapp*item4: element1 element6 element33

What would the most reasonable way to do this be?  I want my application
to be completely modifiable within the X resource hierarchy without any
level having to know a lot about the other levels.
-- 
David Elliott
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