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From: dbeck@flopn2.csc.ti.com (Dave Beck)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x.motif
Subject: app-defaults resources
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Date: 23 May 91 19:35:00 GMT
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	I am trying to move some application resources from my .Xdefaults
to an app-defaults file, and getting strange results.  Mwm has default
behavior of a mouse 3 click popping up a window menu (usually the default
one with Minimize, Maximize, Close, etc).  I have an application menu
I defined in .mwmrc called SSTop_Menu.  When I have in my .Xdefaults the
line
*SmartShell*windowMenu:   SSTop_Menu
I see my application menu as expected on a mouse 3 click.  But when I
moved the line to $HOME/app-defaults/SmartShell, I get the default
window menu instead.  Now I know it's getting to the app-defaults file
because of other resources I've set there (colors, etc).  I also
tested an arbitrary resource there and used XtGetApplicationResources
to check it.  Mwm sees the file, just won't set the menu correctly.
	My understanding was that resources defaulting looks first
at .Xdefaults, then user app-defaults files, then system app-defaults
files.  I've looked through all the FMs, and as near as I can figure
out the way most mwm resources are through a configFile resource on
the ApplicationShell widget.  It points to a resource file that in most
cases is .mwmrc.  The windowMenu resource doesn't seem to attach directly
to any classes, so I can't do an XtSetArg for it.
	I have tried specifying the windowMenu in .mwmrc as well as in the
app-defaults file.  I've tried Mwm*SmartShell*windowMenu (what the FM says
should work) and other variations with no luck.
	Does anyone know what's happening or have any suggestions?  
This is Motif 1.1, X11R4 on a Sparc 1+.  Please e-mail directly.

Dave Beck

dbeck@flopn2.csc.ti.com
Software Systems & Applications Lab
Texas Instruments