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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: <1333@harrier.ukc.ac.uk>
Date: 31 May 89 09:58:00 GMT
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In article <3408@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM> dayoung@hplabsz.UUCP (Doug A. Young) writes:
>[talking about a "RegisterAppDefaults" function - deleted].
>Unfortunately, (as you pointed out)  because 
>your standalone function requires a display, it doesn't work quite 
>as intended unless the library redefines some of the Intrinsics intialization
>functions. By the time you have opened the display, 
>Xt has already loaded the user's resource files. Now you are in the 
>position of overriding the users choices, not specifying defaults, which
>is exactly what I was trying to avoid with my version.  [ deleted ]

Umm, well it *does* really work as required.  The function actually creates
a new database using the registered defaults *then* merges in the database,
created by the Intrinsics when the display is opened.  Therefore the
application registered resources *are* defaults because they are overridden
by any resources set in app-defaults files or via xrdb or the -xrm command
line option.

There is no real problem here (I was just covering myself 8-) its just that
you must have opened a Display before you create any widgets ... which is
not possible with XtInitialize() because it creates a shell immediately after
it has opened the Display.  Whereas XtOpenDisplay() can be used then
XmuRegister..() then XtCreate..() to give you the correct functionality.

Maybe I didn't make this clear enough. (The code wasn't obvious 8-()

>Doug Young

Richard

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