Martin Costabel wrote:
> Rogue Agent wrote:
>> Do you have a ~/.MacOSX/environment.plist set up?
>
> The existence of this file has nothing to do with the fact that your
> ~/.xinitrc is read at X11 startup.
>
> []
>> I tried changing my .xinitrc file to open multiple xterms. This is
>> where it gets weird. Like you have experienced when launching form
>> the GUI, it will open two xterms. HOWEVER it will not set my $PATH
>
> Because of a typo, perhaps.
>
>> variable. Another thing is, that with OR without the .xinitrc file,
>> if I launch from terminal, my $PATH is set. I mistakenly assumed the
>
> Terminal.app starts a login shell, naked xterm doesn't.
>
>> difference was from the .xinitrc and it may not have been. I am
>> including my .xinitrc file. Perhaps it is the command I am using to
>> set the variable (which I found in an example .xinitrc)
>>
>> It seems that somehow I might get this to work without setting up the
>> .MacOSX/environment.plist file.
>>
>> Thanks again for any help and insight!
>>
>>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> # $Id: xinitrc,v 1.3 2004/06/11 04:37:23 jharper Exp $
>>
> []
>>
>> # run profile to set $PATH and other vars correctly
>> . $HOME/ .bash_profile
>
> Is there really a blank space afte the "/"? This would explain a lot...
>
>> # start some nice programs
>>
>> xterm &
>> xterm &
>
> Try
>
> xterm -ls &
>
> instead. This starts a login shell and reads your environment that you
> are used to from Terminal.app. you may even want to decorate your xterm
> a little, like with
>
> xterm -geometry 80x42+0-0 -ls -sb -rightbar -sl 2000 &
>
> See man xterm for explanations.
>
> But then, why do you want to use xterm when you have Terminal.app?
Because copy and paste work in xterm (without using a menu) as designed. I
cannot get this standard X11 behavior in Termianl.app. If it is possible please
help be make it work.
michael
>
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Sedona, Arizona
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