Re: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults
On Thu, 16 Jan 1997 18:37:46 EST "Daniel S. Barclay"
(daniel@compass-da.com) wrote:
>
>
> In Debian Linux, do files in /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/ get read
> or not?
Definitely yes.
> The Debian FAQ says:
> Debian's X11 installation expects you to leave the files in
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/ unchanged. If you want to customise
> X applications globally, put your customizations in
> /etc/X11/Xresources. This file is marked as a configuration file, so
> its contents will be preserved during upgrades.
This just says that the user/admin shouldn't modify these files and
that they will be changed without warning when upgrading (contrarily
to /etc/X11/Xresources).
> (For example, do .../app-defaults/ files apply if there is no corresponding
> file in .../Xresources/? If there is such a corresponding file, does
> nothing in the .../app-defaults/ apply, or does everything apply except for
> things overridden in the file in .../Xresources/?
The Xresources file is loaded into the server by the X init scripts with xrdb -merge. You may customize several applications into this file, eg:
XTerm*background:red
Xload*background: blue
The precedence is:
1) resources passed in the command line
2) resources read in the X database (ie the /etc/X11/Xresources file)
3) static application resources in the app-defaults directory.
Hope that helps...
Phil.
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