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From: sinkwitz@gorgo.ifi.unizh.ch (Rainer Sinkwitz)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: .twmrc with both common and private parts ?
Summary: Mechanism wanted to keep some menus common
Keywords: twm, twmrc, common&private
Message-ID: <1990Aug22.160953.16951@gorgo.ifi.unizh.ch>
Date: 22 Aug 90 16:09:53 GMT
Reply-To: sinkwitz@ifi.unizh.ch
Organization: University of Zurich, Department of Computer Science
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In our system we have resource files for twm than can be either 
   a) common ( in /usr/lib/X11/twm/system.twmrc) 
      or
   b) private ( in $HOME/.twmrc ) .

The X11 administrator changes the applications menu whenever new
applications are built. I got my own .twmrc in my home directory 
and want to get automatic updates in this menu. What would be a good
idea to do this, e.g.:

   a) use cpp and include a line "#include <public.menu>"
   b) use cat and do a "cat private1 public.menu private2 >! .twmrc"
   c) ...

I 'd like to hear your opinions about this and whether you would like
such a thing for you.

Please answer by e-mail


-- 
Thanks,...

Rainer Sinkwitz            | E-mail: sinkwitz%ifi.unizh.ch@relay.cs.net 
Dept. of Computer Science  |     {backbone}!mcvax!cernvax!unizh!sinkwitz