> Ah, I've seen them under /usr/local in the past.  There's various
> environment variables that can be set up to say where to look, e.g.
> 
>     $ XFILESEARCHPATH=/foo/%N:/bar/%N strace appres Werner 2>&1 \
>       | grep Werner

This is clever :-)

> So if it's reasonable to assume a user knows what they're doing in
> putting executables outside of /usr/bin, e.g. PATH is set up to
> cope, then perhaps the same goes for Xt application resources.

*Perhaps* only.  I dare to say that PATH is something most people are
 acquainted with, but XFILESEARCHPATH and friends is different.

What we need is fool-proof instructions to make a freshly installed
xditview's X resource work...


    Werner

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