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From: dheller@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Dan Heller)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  Programs relying on app-defaults files (was: Re: xclipboard bug?)
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Date: 23 May 89 20:04:31 GMT
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In article <8905221532.AA24930@thelake.cray.com> jlf@earth.cray.COM (John Freeman) writes:
> > I have to question the wisdom of *relying* on a resource file which can
> > so easily become separated from the program proper.

On the same token, it would also be nice to run a program and give it
an argument to -ignore- the app-defaults file.
Dan Heller	<island!argv@sun.com>