dtresourcesfile(4)

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(1) for the precise syntax.

FILES

    The desktop default resources. System administrator specified resources. User specified resources.

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