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Chapter 15: Concepts
X Resources and the Graphical User Interface
Application Default Resource Specifications
Default resource specifications for an application are placed in a system directory:
HP-UX
SunOS
The name of the Graphical User Interface application defaults file is HP64_Softkey
(same as the application class name). This file is well-commented and contains
information about each of the X resources you can modify. You can easily view
this file by choosing Help→Topic and selecting the "X Resources: App Default
File" topic. Do not modify the application defaults file; any changes to this file will
affect the appearance and behavior of the application for all users.
User-Defined Resource Specifications
User-defined resources (for any X application) are located in the X server's
RESOURCE_MANAGER property or in the user's $HOME/.Xdefaults file.
Load Order
Resource specifications are loaded from the following places in the following order:
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/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults
/usr/openwin/lib/X11/app-defaults
The application defaults file. For example,
/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/HP64_Softkey when the operating system is HP-UX
or /usr/openwin/lib/X11/app-defaults/HP64_Softkey when the operating
system is SunOS.
The $XAPPLRESDIR/HP64_Softkey file. (The XAPPLRESDIR environment
variable defines a directory containing system-wide custom application
defaults.)
The server's RESOURCE_MANAGER property. (The xrdb command loads
user-defined resource specifications into the RESOURCE_MANAGER
property.)
If no RESOURCE_MANAGER property exists, user defined resource settings
are read from the $HOME/.Xdefaults file.
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