Understanding resources

Understanding resources

The SCO OpenServer Graphical Environment provides a mechanism that allows you to specify characteristics that take effect every time you run a client. Almost every feature of a client program can be controlled by changing the value associated with a variable called a resource. You can specify how a client looks on the screen: its size and placement, its border and background color or pattern, whether the window has a scroll bar, and so on. Some applications even allow you to redefine the keystrokes or pointer actions used to control the application.

You can also use command line options to customize your clients. However, you are limited in the number of features you can change with command line options.

Specifically, this chapter describes:

This chapter is provided as a reference for understanding what resources are and how they are used. Following chapters discuss the specifics of changing resources for colors, fonts, window geometry and so forth.