What is the advantage of using XFILESEARCHPATH / XUSERFILESEARCHPATH
Simply that one gets to put .Xdefaults or similar at the end of those paths? Or does the rc file at the end of those values look different/have different syntax?
I never found they worked properly under Solaris when I tried them, so I used (& continue to use under Linux) XAPPLRESDIR. YMMV.
The main advantage is that you get to put all your per-app. configs. (e.g., XTerm*) in a file named by that app.'s name - e.g., "XTerm". Not only is this tidier, but whenever any app. connects to the XServer the entire global defaults database is d/l'd to that client. This can get big if you stuff lots into ~/.XDefaults. This other method means that the defaults are loaded directly by the app. when it starts, not loaded & held permanently resident by the server.
I only tend to use my XTerm one nowadays.
-- [neil@xxx ~]# rm -f .signature [neil@xxx ~]# ls -l .signature ls: .signature: No such file or directory [neil@xxx ~]# exit
