[comp.windows.x] xrm options

pusateri@romeo.cs.duke.edu (Thomas J. Pusateri) (05/20/89)

I have noticed several different programs that can use a -xrm option and then
specify useful information like a icon such as the following line:
	xterm -xrm '*iconPixmap: xterm.bm'
There is another example in the Xt Intrinsics manual on page 25
	xmh -xrm 'xmh*Command.background: red'
My question is, where are these xrm options found? I have not seen these
documented anywhere and I am sure I could do some powerful things if I
knew all of the possibilities. I would like to add a foreground and background
color to an icon and I am thinking this may be the only way to do it.


Also, what is the current policy about the app-defaults directory. I've never
seen anyone distribute an application where they told you to put a file in
somewhere/lib/app-defaults. However, if I want to distribute an application
with a carefully chosen set of colors for different widgets, I know I should
not hard code these colors in. Either every user would have to modify his
.Xdefaults file to include my application or a file could be placed in
app-defaults during installation. What is the best way to handle this?

Thanks for any information.
I will summarize to the net if desired.

Tom Pusateri

National Biomedical Simulation Resource
Duke University Medical Center

pusateri@nbsr.mc.duke.edu
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