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From: Rich Murphey <rich@lamprey.utmb.edu>
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	Richards on Wed, 27 Dec 1995 23:41:49 +0000 (GMT))
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|From: Paul Richards <paul@netcraft.co.uk>
|Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 23:41:49 +0000 (GMT)
|It'd be good if X programs picked up their config files from somewhere
|specifiable, this would include stuff that end up in the app-defaults
|directory. You could nuke X11R6/* and re-install a new verios of XFree86
|then without worrying about clobbering any local packages. There are other
|advantages too.

OK, yes, although you can override the default value of the
app-defaults directory path using the XAPPLRESDIR environment
variable, you can't otherwise change the default itself systemwide.

Do you want the clients to read another configuration file that will
specify the default location of all other configuration files on local
filesystems?  This would add the overhead of opening the extra
configuration file and you'd be faced with a similar issue of chosing
a location for the runtime determination of that path.

Or do you want to have the clients search
/usr/local/lib/X11/app-defaults first before looking in
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults?  Or do you have another scheme in
mind?  Rich