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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!nntp.portal.ca!news.bc.net!torn!news.ryerson.ca!usenet From: elf@ee.ryerson.ca (Luis Fernandes) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: app defaults not recognized... Date: 31 Dec 1996 13:46:32 -0500 Organization: Ryerson Polytechnic University Lines: 14 Sender: elf@gemini.ee.ryerson.ca Message-ID: <x0bubamu0n.fsf@gemini.ee.ryerson.ca> References: <32C81227.41C67EA6@javanet.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gemini.ee.ryerson.ca In-reply-to: "John D. Szumowski"'s message of Mon, 30 Dec 1996 14:04:07 -0500 X-Mailer: VM Version 5.94 (beta)on emacs To: "John D. Szumowski" <harpo@javanet.com> X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.0.15 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.windows.x:93576 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:33375 For some reason, your X server is not looking for app-defaults files where you are installing them. In such cases the quick fix is to use the XUSERFILESEARCHPATH environment var. Create an app-defaults directory in your home-directory, drop the files there and setenv XUSERFILESEARCHPATH ~/app-defaults/%N in your .xxxrc file (i.e. your shell); don't forget the %N at the end.