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Defeating the resource file search path.

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From: Avinash Chopde
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:16
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Is there any way to defeat the default X resource file search path?
It is extremely difficult to modify X programs if it involves changing
resource files---even if I keep a copy of the resource file in the
current directory, the default X mechanism *merges* all the resource file
it finds - from /usr/lib/app-defaults, from $XUSERFILESEARCHPATH,
.Xdefaults, and $XENVIRONMENT!

Is it possible to force a X program to use only resource files in
the current directory, and inhibit this merging of resource files?

If this is not possible, how does a X developer maintain and debug
X resource files? (Edit the resource files in *all* the locations 
on your system is an answer!)
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From: avinash@felix.contex.com (Avinash Chopde)
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Subject: Defeating the resource file search path.
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Date: 21 Jan 93 16:16:40 GMT
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