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From: rlh2@ukc.ac.uk (Richard Hesketh)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: Programs relying on app-defaults files (was: Re: xclipboard bug?)
Keywords: app-defaults
Message-ID: <1305@harrier.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 27 May 89 12:41:19 GMT
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Reply-To: rlh2@ukc.ac.uk (Richard Hesketh)
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In article <3401@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> dayoung@hplabsz.UUCP (Doug A. Young) writes:
 [ describes and includes the following function ]
>XtRegisterApplicationDefaults().  The enclosed shar file contains a patch
>file for the R3 Intrinsics and a simple dummy example, [ deleted ]. 

>Doug Young

As Bob said this probably won't be included in R4 so having patches to
the source ain't a good thing ... however because the idea is so simple
(WDITOT 8-) it can be made into a small utility routine that could
be part of Xmu or in the source of your own program:

<---<---<---
#include <X11/Intrinsic.h>

XmuRegisterApplicationDefaults(dpy, defs, n_defs)
Display *dpy;
char *defs[];
int n_defs;
{
	XrmDatabase rdb = NULL;
	int i;

	for (i = 0; i < n_defs; i++)
		XrmPutLineResource(&rdb, defs[i]);

	if (rdb != NULL) {
		XrmMergeDatabases(dpy->db, &rdb);
		dpy->db = rdb;   /* original dpy->db has been destroyed */
	}
}
--->--->--->

Note this takes the display of a widget to find the database .. so it must
be used either AFTER XtInitialize has been called or .. as really should
the case .. AFTER an XtOpenDisplay call.  In fact it can be called anytime
using ... XmuRegisterApplicationDefaults(XtDisplay(w), defs, XtNumber(defs))
etc.

Richard

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