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From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: app-defaults or xrdb?
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Date: 9 Jan 90 18:42:29 GMT
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> Am I correct in assuming that you are supposed to achieve site-wide
> defaults by loading resources from some file via xinit or xdm, not by
> editing files in /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults? 

There is no reason not to modify the app-defaults file for site configurations,
that is what is was originally intended for.  Although, You may want to put in a
comment so that people know what you have done locally. 

>  I.e. the app-defaults
> files are to be considered part of the corresponding program's source
> code, and shouldn't be edited to provide site-wide settings.

The app-defaults file is certainly as important to many programs as the source
files, but many applications also have a ``config.h'' file that is also part of
the source...


						Chris D. Peterson     
						MIT X Consortium 

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