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From: bin@primate.wisc.edu (Brain in Neutral)
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Subject: Re: Blabla.ad what does ad stand for ?
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Date: 23 Jan 91 16:38:17 GMT
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From article <1991Jan23.070552.6347@odin.corp.sgi.com>, by hajadi@goofy.csd.sgi.com (Ivan Hajadi):
> 
> i know it's a resource file, but i never know why it's always called
> Something.ad.  thanks.

The ad means application default.  At least, that seems to be the intended
meaning from a perusal of the InstallAppDefaults() macro in Imake.rules,
which I was just reading this morning for fun and profit.  The xxx.ad file
is installed by InstallAppDefaults() into $(XAPPLOADDIR)/xxx.  XAPPLOADDIR
appears to have a default value of $(LIBDIR)/app-defaults.
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Paul DuBois
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