--------- Received message begins Here --------- (Header snipped) > > Riku Saikkonen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Can X be set to read app-defaults > > files in /usr/local/X11/app-defaults/ (or whatever) in addition to the > > normal directory? > > You could try (ab-)using XUSERFILESEARCHPATH. Mine is currently > /home/carey/lib/X11/app-defaults/%N%S so you could use something > similar. > > -- > Carey Evans <*> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
the XAPPLRESDIR environment variable is used to identify local application defaults. I've got mine set to setenv XAPPLRESDIR /home/jwl/app-defaults You could probably set XAPPLRESDIR globaly in the /etc/profile and /etc/ login scripts, I guess, if you wanted it to apply to everyone on the system. Jim. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jim Lynch, System Engineer, SGI/Cray Research, Inc. / ARS: K4GVO Federal Business Systems, Phone: (770) 631-2254, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Suite 270, 200 Westpark Drive, Peachtree City, GA 30269
