X resources / Razor databases

When each of the various Razor programs begin running, they take on certain defaults for their appearance and behavior. The true run-time settings for the various X resources¹ are determined by the following conceptual flow.

1. All the various interfaces initialize with hard-coded, factory-defined settings for color, fonts, and so on.

2. X resources are utilized as acquired from the `normal' places, including (but not limited to) $HOME/.Xdefaults, files in the app_defaults directory, command line control via the "-xrm" argument, etc.

3. If present, the programs read in and use the settings from the file Xdefaults, which would be found in the related $RAZOR_UNIVERSE_DIR directory.

¹ For a full understanding of how resources work, and the concept of widget hierarchies and inheritance, you will need to consult The Motif Programming Manual and The Motif Reference Manual from O'Reilly Associates.