Resource Files

This is the GUI toolkit mechanism for customizing all sorts of information about an application. The Intrinsic library (libXt) provides a sophisticated mechanism for merging the command-line options, application-defined resources, and user-defined resources. Resource files can be used for extracting localized text. The difference between resource files and message catalogs is that the resource database is compiled each time it is loaded. As such, care should be taken when deciding which strings to place in resource files and which to place in message catalogs.

Also note that the Xm library functions do not depend on the LC_MESSAGE category when specifying the location from which localized resources are loaded. Refer to the XtSetLanguageProc() man page for more information.