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The Xresources file

The Xresources file is read by your .xsession file when you log in. There are several command line options that can be given when an X client is run (see the man page for xterm for example.) Each of these command line options can be specified in the Xresources file. If the command line option is not specified, then the specification in the Xresources file is used as a default.

The .xsession files support two Xresources files. The system keeps a Xresources file in /usr/local/X11R5/lib/X11/Xresources. You may have your own customized Xresources file in your home directory.

Warning: If you modify your .xsession file, make sure that you do not remove the line that loads the system Xresources; things will stop working if you do not load the system Xresources.

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