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james rich <james.rich@m.cc.utah.edu>:
> > Instead, read the colors from the .Xdefaults system.
> 
> Yes, truly this should be done.  Sensible defaults should be used (and I
> think we may be at that point) and then use .Xdefaults (.Xresources or
> whatever) to allow site overrides.  And I really do think .Xdefaults and
> not .xconfigrc or something.  I've already got enough .files and I like
> the syntax of .Xdefaults.

That way lies featuritis, IMO.

If there were already a library in ths stock Python distribution to digest
.Xdefaults files I might consider this.  Perhaps I'll write one.  But I'm
not going to bulk up the CML2 code with this marginal feature.
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The conclusion is thus inescapable that the history, concept, and 
wording of the second amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States, as well as its interpretation by every major commentator and 
court in the first half-century after its ratification, indicates 
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