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- From: przemek@rrdstrad.nist.gov (Przemek Klosowski)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Xwindows / DECwindows resource file
- Message-ID: <PRZEMEK.92Jul30150013@rrdstrad.nist.gov>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 19:00:13 GMT
- Sender: news@dove.nist.gov
- Organization: U. of Maryland/NIST
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- Hello!
-
- I am running an Xwindow program (Xterm) under VMS (I need its
- Tektronic graphics). The program can take the resource settings
- (fonts, geometry, etc) from the command line, and from the
- SYS$LOGIN:DECW$XDEFAULTS.DAT file.
-
- The command line parameters works fine, but we would like to have a
- default set to be used by everyone, without having to specify it
- on command line. The help file for Xterm specifies that the program
- has to be installed with PHY_IO and SHARE privileges to be able to
- read the DECW$XDEFAULTS.DAT file; however, when we install it with
- these privileges, it still doesn't read the resources, and additionally
- it prints a message "Device not configured (?) or not available".
-
- The only place mentioning DECW$XDEFAULTS.DAT in TFM for DECwindows
- that I found doesn't even say in which directory is this file supposed
- to be. The xterm program uses XtInitialize/XtGetApplicationResources
- to set itself up.
-
- Can anyone explain to me in short where is the DECW$XDEFAULTS.DAT
- supposed to be? Why are the privileges needed for using it? is there a
- way to put this information in a system-wide directory, instead of
- individual sys$login: directories (a la application specific
- /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm file on Unix systems)
-
- Thanks for any help you may provide.
-
-
- --
- przemek klosowski (przemek@rrdstrad.nist.gov)
- Reactor Division (bldg. 235), E111
- National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
-
- (301) 975 6249
-