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dtresourcesfile(4)
CDE
NAME
  dtresourcesfile - format and location of desktop resource files

DESCRIPTION
  The desktop default resources can be found in
  /usr/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources. These resources will be made available
  to each user's session via the RESOURCE_MANAGER property. This file should
  not be edited as it will be unconditionally overwritten upon subsequent
  desktop installations.

  A system administrator may augment the system default resources by creating
  /etc/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources. In this file, a system administrator
  may override system default resources or specify additional resources. As
  this file is merged into the desktop default resources during session
  startup, it is preferrable that only new or updated resource specifications
  be placed in this file, rather than a copy being made of the desktop
  default resource file. Resources specified in this file will be made
  available to each user's session via the RESOURCE_MANAGER property.
  Resources specified in this file take precedence over those specified in
  the desktop default resource file.

  A user may augment the desktop default and system administrator resources
  via their $HOME/.Xdefaults file. Resources specified in this file will be
  made available to only that user's session via the RESOURCE_MANAGER
  property. Resources specified in this file take precedence over those
  specified in the desktop default or system administrator resource files.

  NOTE : The X Toolkit Intrinsics specifies that it will load resources for
  an application from either RESOURCE_MANAGER or from $HOME/.Xdefaults, but
  not both. Ordinarily, this would mean that the user's $HOME/.Xdefaults file
  would be ignored. However, the session manager accomodates $HOME/.Xdefaults
  by merging it into the RESOURCE_MANAGER at session startup as described
  above. If a user changes the $HOME/.Xdefaults, the changes will not be
  visible to new applications until the user invokes the ReloadResources
  action.

  The ReloadResources action will instruct the session manager to reload the
  RESOURCE_MANAGER with the system, system administrator and user specified
  resources. This is useful to make available to new applications changes
  made to system administrator or user specified resource files.

FILE FORMAT
  The desktop resource files use X resource syntax. See X(1X) for the precise
  syntax.

FILES
  /usr/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources
      The desktop default resources.

  /etc/dt/config/$LANG/sys.resources
      System administrator specified resources.

  $HOME/.Xdefaults
      User specified resources.

SEE ALSO
  dtsession(1), dtsessionaction(5), X(1X), Xlib Resource Manager
  documentation, Xt resource documentation

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