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From: mouse@LARRY.MCRCIM.MCGILL.EDU (der Mouse)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  X Resource Database
Message-ID: <9006062240.AA29095@Larry.McRCIM.McGill.EDU>
Date: 6 Jun 90 22:40:40 GMT
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> I am experiencing a problem with specifying geometry for X clients
> through xrdb.  Whatever geometry I specify for the initial
> application shell is also used for every other window which that
> application uses subsequently.

Let me guess - you're specifying something like

application*geometry: ....

in the resource database, right?

That's your problem.  That resource spec also matches a query for
application.widget1.subwidget1.commandbox.exitbutton.geometry

Guess what that means.

Moral: be very careful when using *s in resources.

					der Mouse

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