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From: casey@gauss.llnl.gov (Casey Leedom)
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Subject: Why does *BitmapFilePath override XCalendar*BitmapFilePath??
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Date: 3 Oct 90 10:47:24 GMT
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  I have a definition for *BitmapFilepath in my personal resources which I
load into the server with xrdb.  The definition includes a directory under my
home directory and a central directory separated with a colon.  I had a
definition for XCalendar*BitmapFilePath defined in the xcalendar application
defaults file pointing at the directory containing xcalendar's bitmaps, but
it wasn't used.  I could only my personal definition of *BitmapFilePath to
be used.  Eventually I gave up and just defined xcalendar's bitmaps with
absolute pathnames.

  Curiously a definition of the form XCalendar*Font *did* override my personal
definition of *Font.

  Anyone have any idea what's going on?  I thought that matches were supposed
to go for the most specific definition.  The bitmaps are being used to provide
pretty icons for a few buttons in the xcalendar display.  I can provide the
code to anyone who wants to look at it.

Casey