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From: asente@figaro.STANFORD.EDU (Paul Asente)
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Subject: Re: Xdefaults files
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Date: Sat, 18-Apr-87 01:20:53 EST
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With regard to different instances of xterm using different defaults:

Xterm, like most X programs, looks for entries in the .Xdefaults file
for a program named argv[0], not for one named "xterm".  By making links to
xterm with different names you can have different sets of defaults for 
different instances of xterm; e.g.

xterm.bodyfont:kiltercrn		for most xterms
bigxterm.bodyfont:vtsingle		for xterms named "bigxterm"
etc.

Does this solve your problem?

	-paul