>> Xosview only reads the file XOSView (and ~/.Xdefaults) when evaluating >> its X resources. It does this by doing all the reading by foot (calling >> XrmGetFileDatabase() etc.). >> This is IMO the wrong way to do it; the application should use >> XtGetApplicationResources() (as xsysinfo does it). > >You're absolutely right. > >The upstream maintainer disagrees (well, he agrees, but doesn't want >to change it, AFAIK).
Oh, bad news. >do you want me to I do not want you anything :) , but > 1 move xosview to 'contrib', and stop maintaining it > 2 just go on maintaining a broken xosview? i'd vote for 2.