kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson) (05/30/90)
> I have a problem where toolkit applications that have a period (.) > in the executable filename... Don't do that. The application name is used in the resource database, and the only valid characters for a resource name are (a-z, A-Z, 0-9, _, -). Any other characters in an application name may confuse the resource manager, which loads the command line arguements, and resources for all Xt applications. The characters ('*', '.', and ':') are particularly bad. > I'm not sure if it is a bug or a configuration problem here. I wouldn't really call it either, it is just a limitation of the system. There is really no way to solve this problem, so the only thing I can suggest is "Don't do that." Chris
ben@hpcvlx.cv.hp.com (Benjamin Ellsworth) (05/30/90)
Why can't the gods of Xt implement backslash processing for reading the
left-hand side of the resource specifier? It's not hard, and it was
done for the right-hand side. Then you could just put \. in the
application name.
A trivial bug and a trivial fix. Is there a reason it won't appear in
the next release?
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