User specific app-defaults

[Jim Shepherd_1]

I am trying to setup app-defaults for a few apps I have installed in my home directory. I have tried adding a directory ~/.vue/app-defaults as referenced in an old FAQ, but it didn't seem to work. I also tried exporting XAPPLRESDIR=$HOME/app-defaults in a ~/.xinitrc per the X Windows FAQ, but this didn't seem to work either. I am running HP-UX 11.00 on a L9000 and accessing it from a PC running Exceed. Thanks for any suggestions.

[A. Clay Stephenson]

Hi Jim:

If you man X you will see how to create/change
a ${HOME}/.Xdefaults file and then call
xrdb -merge ${HOME}/.Xdefaults to merge your specific settings and (possibly) override any global settings.

This should fix you, Clay

[Jim Shepherd_1]

All of my application specific settings are in individual files that would normally go into the system's app-defaults directory. The amount of settings would make it a pain to merge into a Xdefaults file. Is there a way to use your recommendation and have the Xdefaults file point to the app-defaults directory?

[Alex Glennie · Accepted solution]

personal Resource files

VUE admin Guide Chp 25-18

2. Create your personal app-defaults file :

a) cp the app-defaults file to your home directory using the same name. eg /users/ellen/XClock

b) eddit file

3) choose Restart Workspace manager from Workspace menu.

NB Xdeaults is X specific and VUE resources may overide them ! see 25-19

Hope this helps .....

[Alex Glennie]

ps VUE shouldn't (officially work at 11.00) have you got it to ? I'm just curious to know if it is possible ... I haven't tried.

[Jim Shepherd_1]

Thanks, putting the app-defaults files in the home directory did the trick. I don't know whether VUE is running or not. There are no processes running with vue in their name and I don't know how else to check. Besides, we only use this server to perform computations. My need for the app-defaults is so that the few gui tools that we use to modify our analyses can be customized. I am new to HP-UX (2 days) and the differences between it and IRIX (which I have been using and administrating for over 10 years) is quite annoying. But I love the speed of the HP, over twice as fast as our old SGI.

[Alex Glennie]

If VUE's running check for vuelogin, at 11.xx CDE takes over with dtlogin. More or less work the same I prefer CDE easier to customise but more to go wrong.

both have man pages and sit on top of X

fyi gnome is due to be the next supported desktop no dates as yet.