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Article #24309Defeating the resource file search path.
From: Avinash Chopde
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 16:16
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!) -- --------------------------- Avinash Chopde office : 617 246 1776x5582 Wakefield, MA, USA. avinash@contex.com (...!uunet!contex!avinash)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!contex!felix.contex.com!avinash From: avinash@felix.contex.com (Avinash Chopde) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Defeating the resource file search path. Message-ID: <3310@contex.contex.com> Date: 21 Jan 93 16:16:40 GMT Sender: news@contex.contex.com Lines: 17