Re: Dang .xinitrc
Re: Dang .xinitrc
- Subject: Re: Dang .xinitrc
- From: Martin Costabel <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2003 12:35:04 +0100
Joseph R. Kiniry wrote:
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Finally, unless you are using a program like SSH Agent, I always suggest
starting X with one of the provided scripts (e.g., startx) so that all
env variables, X resource database (xrdb) environment, X keymaps
(xmodmap), etc. are configured properly for the entire session. Don't
forget that startx and the rest of the X infrastructure up to, but not
including, the X server are just shell scripts. Reading them is quite
rewarding in understanding how a given X installation hangs together.
In Apple's X11 package, startx doesn't work. Also xinit isn't used in
the standard way, there is no systemwide xinitrc script. When started
the Apple way, i.e. by clicking on the Application icon, even
XDarwin.app, which is a lot more standard and transparent than X11.app,
has a special hard-coded startup procedure which you cannot guess from
reading startup scripts.
So while I agree with you that one can learn a lot from reading startup
scripts, such general advice is often unhelpful in the realm of Mac OSX.
--
Martin
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