Branden Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Whether app-defaults files can be regarded as configuration files or not is > an arbitrary decision. By moving them to /etc/X11 in the default > configuration, XFree86 has indicated their opinion. I see no reason to > differ with them.
In my soon-to-be-over job with Athena at MIT I can confirm that we frequently have had great need to change app-defaults files for various reasons, and it has been a difficulty that they are not config files in Red Hat's XFree86 (Red Hat is our supported Linux platform on Athena). So FWIW, I think XFree86 made the right decision, which is another reason not to differ with them. ;) > I tried to get Xt to look in both directories, but several different > attempts failed. It shouldn't be that hard to open one pathname and if you get ENOENT, to try opening the other instead....that might be a useful compatibility feature to make work. (Though I agree that it's not nearly as crucial as some apparently think.) Thomas