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11.8.6 Application defaults files
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Application defaults files must be installed in the directory
‘/etc/X11/app-defaults/’ (use of a localized subdirectory of ‘/etc/X11/’
as described in the `X Toolkit Intrinsics - C Language Interface' manual
is also permitted).  They must be registered as ‘conffile’s or handled
as configuration files.

Customization of programs’ X resources may also be supported with the
provision of a file with the same name as that of the package placed in
the ‘/etc/X11/Xresources/’ directory, which must be registered as a
‘conffile’ or handled as a configuration file.  (1)

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   (1) Note that this mechanism is not the same as using app-defaults;
app-defaults are tied to the client binary on the local file system,
whereas X resources are stored in the X server and affect all connecting
clients.