On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 03:11:41PM -0600, Richard Troth wrote: > > # .profile is read for all login shells > > # all other interactive shells will read .bashrc > > # So read .bashrc also from .profile and make all changes to .bashrc. > > # Then you should always have your correct setup. > > I can only guess that whoever wrote this is trying to cover > the X based shells, which is a Good Thing to strive for, > but assuming that all of *those* will source .bashrc, > which is a flawed assumption.
On a typical linux system scripts all scripts are run by bash . Thus the Xsession script that sources .xinitrc has previously sourced .bashrc . Some people are known to work with tcsh or zsh, though... > > IT WILL TAKE SOME WORK > to get your .xinitrc set right, > but I believe it will be worth it. > And I would also like to hear back: What is required for GNOME? > What is required for KDE? I haven't attended to it since I was using > FVWM so I need some confirmation. But to the extent that X11R6 is X, > then ye olde $HOME/.xinitrc should be honoured. Just a note: it is generally a good idea to use ~/.Xclients rather than .xinitrc . This way you use the standard system Xsession scripts, that setup keyboard and some other useful stuff. -- Tzafrir Cohen +---------------------------+ http://www.technion.ac.il/~tzafrir/ |vim is a mutt's best friend| mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] +---------------------------+
