dtresourcesfile(4) UNIX System V (23 Nov 1994) dtresourcesfile(4)
NAME
dtresourcesfile - format and location of desktop resource
files
DESCRIPTION
The desktop default resources can be found in
/usr/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources. These resources will be
made available to each user's session via the
RESOURCE_MANAGER property. This file should not be edited
as it will be unconditionally overwritten upon subsequent
desktop installations.
A system administrator may augment the system default
resources by creating /etc/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources.
In this file, a system administrator may override system
default resources or specify additional resources. As this
file is merged into the desktop default resources during
session startup, it is preferrable that only new or updated
resource specifications be placed in this file, rather than
a copy being made of the desktop default resource file.
Resources specified in this file will be made available to
each user's session via the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
Resources specified in this file take precedence over those
specified in the desktop default resource file.
A user may augment the desktop default and system
administrator resources via their $HOME/.Xdefaults file.
Resources specified in this file will be made available to
only that user's session via the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
Resources specified in this file take precedence over those
specified in the desktop default or system administrator
resource files.
NOTE : The X Toolkit Intrinsics specifies that it will load
resources for an application from either RESOURCE_MANAGER or
from $HOME/.Xdefaults, but not both. Ordinarily, this would
mean that the user's $HOME/.Xdefaults file would be ignored.
However, the session manager accomodates $HOME/.Xdefaults by
merging it into the RESOURCE_MANAGER at session startup as
described above. If a user changes the $HOME/.Xdefaults,
the changes will not be visible to new applications until
the user invokes the ReloadResources action.
The ReloadResources action will instruct the session manager
to reload the RESOURCE_MANAGER with the system, system
administrator and user specified resources. This is useful
to make available to new applications changes made to system
administrator or user specified resource files.
FILE FORMAT
The desktop resource files use X resource syntax. See X(1)
for the precise syntax.
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FILES
/usr/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources
The desktop default resources.
/etc/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources
System administrator specified resources.
$HOME/.Xdefaults
User specified resources.
SEE ALSO
dtsession(1), dtsessionaction(5), X(1), Xlib Resource
Manager documentation, Xt resource documentation.
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