New app-defaults location in X.Org 7

Glynn Clements glynn at gclements.plus.com
Tue Jul 25 04:18:37 PDT 2006


Stefan Dirsch wrote:

> Since the default location for app-defaults files in X.Org 7 is now
> /usr/share/X11/app-defaults I wonder if there is an easy workaround
> for legacy X11 apps available so that both directories
> /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults *and* /usr/share/X11/app-defaults are
> read (the latter one preferred)? The same is also interesting for
> systems on which you only update X.Org and not the X11 apps. Any hint
> would be appreciated.

Set XFILESEARCHPATH.

	http://www.faqs.org/faqs/x-faq/part2/section-22.html

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Glynn Clements <glynn at gclements.plus.com>



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