Jon TURNEY wrote:
jose isaias cabrera wrote:
"Ken Brown" wrote...
What's the reason for launching everything using sh rather than bash?
If I'm reading the bash documentation correctly, it means that
~/.bash_profile won't get executed (though it would get executed if
it were renamed ~/.profile).
I've always wondered the same thing...
Always assuming that /bin/bash exists, or that /bin/sh is bash is
probably bad style for portability across unicies.
However, in this specific case, it's probably ok.
I guess what I should have said is that only the first style point is relevant
here, and is a non-issue if we arrange for the X server to explicitly depend
on bash.
So, attached patch changes X server to start processes using '/bin/bash -l
-c'. setup.hint should also be changed to add bash to the X server's requires:
This will give a 'consistent user experience' in a default install as the
prompt in an xterm will then be the same as in a DOS shell or mintty window :-)
>From 566f2f023e8c30de7629c7b65a28c45bdc012378 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jon TURNEY <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:42:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Execute commands using a login bash shell
Change executing commands in XWinrc from using '/bin/sh -c' to using '/bin/bash
-l -c'
Tidy up system.Xwinrc, give xterm a scroll bar
(after applying this patch, setup.hint should be changed to add bash to X
server's dependencies)
(orginally from a patch by Ken Brown <[email protected]>)
---
hw/xwin/_usr_X11R6_lib_X11_system.XWinrc | 7 +++++--
hw/xwin/winprefs.c | 5 +++--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/hw/xwin/_usr_X11R6_lib_X11_system.XWinrc
b/hw/xwin/_usr_X11R6_lib_X11_system.XWinrc
index 2360bfc..8e74d0c 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/_usr_X11R6_lib_X11_system.XWinrc
+++ b/hw/xwin/_usr_X11R6_lib_X11_system.XWinrc
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@
# ^^ This command will have any "%display%"
# string replaced with the proper display
# variable (i.e. 127.0.0.1:<display>.0)
+# (This should only rarely be needed as
+# the DISPLAY environment variable is also
+# set correctly)
# or <Menu Text> MENU <name-of-some-prior-defined-menu>
# or <Menu Text> ALWAYSONTOP
# ^^ Sets the window to display above all others
@@ -79,8 +82,8 @@
// Make some menus...
menu apps {
- xterm exec "xterm"
- "Emacs" exec "emacs"
+ xterm exec "xterm -sb"
+ "Emacs" exec "emacs"
notepad exec notepad
xload exec "xload -display %display%" # Comment
}
diff --git a/hw/xwin/winprefs.c b/hw/xwin/winprefs.c
index c5fd7eb..6d7073d 100644
--- a/hw/xwin/winprefs.c
+++ b/hw/xwin/winprefs.c
@@ -371,8 +371,9 @@ HandleCustomWM_COMMAND (unsigned long hwndIn,
/* Disassociate any TTYs */
setsid();
- execl ("/bin/sh",
- "/bin/sh",
+ execl ("/bin/bash",
+ "/bin/bash",
+ "-l",
"-c",
m->menuItem[j].param,
NULL);
--
1.6.3.2
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