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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Bug With . In Executable Name??????
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Date: 29 May 90 19:51:05 GMT
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>	I have a problem where toolkit applications that have a period (.)
>	in the executable filename...

Don't do that.  The application name is used in the resource database, and the
only valid characters for a resource name are (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _, -).  Any other
characters in an application name may confuse the resource manager, which loads
the command line arguements, and resources for all Xt applications.  The
characters ('*', '.', and ':') are particularly bad.

> I'm not sure if it is a bug or a configuration problem here.  

I wouldn't really call it either, it is just a limitation of the system.  There
is really no way to solve this problem, so the only thing I can suggest is
"Don't do that."

  
						Chris