user interface (e.g. colors, fonts, title strings, etc.) to be treated as <#175#><B>resources</B><#175#> which can be stored and retrieved from a <#176#><B>resource
database</B><#176#><A ID="177"><tex2html_anchor_invisible_mark></A>, using the resource management facilities of
CLX. User interface values in a resource database can be modified
by a user ``externally,'' without change to the application program.
This provides a consistent mechanism for
contact objects to integrate the preferences of both the interface