Defining Desktop user types

Creating a new user type

To create a new user type, copy an existing user type and modify the copy. It is important to remember to replace all instances of the old user type name (e.g. SCO) in all the files with the new name, to ensure that the correct files are used.

To specify the modules to use for this user type, use lines in the appropriate preferences files (i.e., en_US.prf in the SCO.user directory) similar to:

   irl 'XDesktop3.Rules.defaultModules: modules...'
   irl 'XDesktop3.Rules.group_ID.groupModules: modules...'
   irl 'XDesktop3.Rules.user_name.userModules: modules...'

You can set any of the resources used for modules. These resource lines should contain the full list of modules to be used for this user type; you may need to examine the default Desktop resource file to discover the modules used for the existing user type.