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From: marbru@auto-trol.com (Martin Brunecky)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: DecWindows Under VMS
Message-ID: <1991May1.230800.12564@auto-trol.com>
Date: 1 May 91 23:08:00 GMT
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In article <1991Apr30.140123@mccall.com> tp@mccall.com (Terry Poot) writes:
commenting on placement of X resource files in VMS/DECwindows:

>BTW, don't feel bad, none of this stuff is documented, or not much.

  There used to be a "good reason" for that: you are not supposed to even
  *know* about X resource files: "they are cryptic and dangerous to use"
  That's why DEC invented UIL -(.

  So with DECwindows you get their customization interface (if exists),
  and if you can't do what you want, you are *supposed* to be out of luck.


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