confusion about syntax of application specific resources

[Peter J. Bismuti]

Can't set resources correctly from either .Xdefaults file or an application 
specific file $HOME/.app-defaults/AppName.  The syntax:

AppName*key = value 

from .Xdefaults does not work correctly, at least not for non-widget 
resources.  For example:

static String FallbackResources[] = {
 "*mainMenu.geometry: 180x820+0+0",
 "*SectionWindow.x: 200",
 "*SectionWindow.y: 20",

AppName.geometry: 810x280+0+0",
AppName.SectionWindow.x: 100
AppName.SectionWindow.y: 40 

will work only for the first entry (widget resource?) while it fails for the 
second two.  It seems to be attempting to read them and override the fallback 
values, but sets the values of x,y to 0 instead.  The only way to get x,y 
(application specific resources?) to work is by using a wildcard in a file:

*SectionWindow.x: 100
*SectionWindow.y: 40

Even though placing this in the file  $HOME/.app-defaults/AppName removes any 
possibility of conflict, I'd still like to understand what is going on here.  
Can anyone explain the behavior I'm seeing?  

Thanks in advance.

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Peter Bismuti
Boeing Commercial Airline Division