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Article #24017Re: X.V11R4 resource inheritance hassles
From: Rich Thomson
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 22:17
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 1991 22:17
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In article <9106210733.AA06821@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU (der Mouse) writes: > >To my mind, an application should always look for resources first in >the screen's resource database, and fall back on its internal defaults >(the app-defaults file, the compiled-in defaults, whatever) only if it >can't find what it wants in the resource database. Anything else is a >bug, that simple. No? Does one have this fine a level of control in an Xt based application? The widgets look up their resources via XrmGetResource, but you don't get to control which database the resource fetch is done on. [Please correct me if I'm wrong -- I'm not talking from the position of having examined the Xt code, it just seems the most logical thing to do] -- Rich -- ``Read my MIPS -- no new VAXes!!'' -- George Bush after sniffing freon Disclaimer: I speak for myself, except as noted. UUCP: ...!uunet!dsd.es.com!rthomson Rich Thomson Internet: rthomson@dsd.es.com PEXt Programmer
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!orca!mesa!rthomson From: rthomson@mesa.dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: X.V11R4 resource inheritance hassles Message-ID: <1991Jun24.221732.8062@dsd.es.com> Date: 24 Jun 91 22:17:32 GMT References: <9106210733.AA06821@lightning.McRCIM.McGill.EDU> Sender: usenet@dsd.es.com Reply-To: rthomson@dsd.es.com (Rich Thomson) Organization: Design Systems Division, Evans & Sutherland, SLC, UT Lines: 21 Nntp-Posting-Host: 130.187.85.21