Chapter 5: Understanding resources

Table of contents

• Chapter 5: Understanding resources
  • About resources
  • Syntax for resource specifications
    • Using classes and instances in resource specifications
    • Using delimiters in resource specifications
    • Specifying values in resource specifications
    • Precedence rules for resource specifications
  • Methods for specifying resources
  • Setting resources in the X server
    • Examining the contents of the resource database
    • Loading new values into the resource database
    • Saving new specifications in a resource file
    • Removing resource definitions from the resource database
  • Using command line options to configure clients
    • Window appearance options
    • Display specification option
    • Font specification option
    • Window size and location option
    • Client name option
    • Window title option
    • Resource specifications on the command line
  • Guidelines for managing resources