confusion about syntax of application specific resources
Peter J. Bismuti
pjb9508 at vashon.ca.boeing.com
Tue Oct 31 08:09:15 PST 2006
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.
--
Peter Bismuti
Boeing Commercial Airline Division
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