As I understand it, the latter of your examples applies, the different levels are parsed subsequently:
o first, the resources in '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults' o then the resources in '/etc/X11/Xresources' I think it's the same as with user files like '~/.Xresources' or '~/.Xdefaults' where entries in these files override the respective entries in '/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/*' Regards, Andree -- | Institute of Geophysics phone: +49 40 4123 4389 ANDREE LEIDENFROST | University of Hamburg fax: +49 40 4123 5441 Geophysicist | Bundesstrasse 55 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | D-20146 Hamburg www: www.app-geoph.dkrz.de -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]