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From: fried@freddy.in-berlin.de (Friedhelm Kappen)
Subject: Re: app defaults not recognized...
Message-ID: <E3CBwJ.47n@freddy.in-berlin.de>
Sender: fried@freddy.in-berlin.de (Friedhelm Kappen)
Cc: fried
Organization: private Unix site, Berlin, Germany
References: <32C81227.41C67EA6@javanet.com> <x0bubamu0n.fsf@gemini.ee.ryerson.ca>
Date: Wed, 1 Jan 1997 17:43:31 GMT
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elf@ee.ryerson.ca (Luis Fernandes) writes:
>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.
What does %N mean? Can someone explain it to me, please?
regards
Friedhelm
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