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Re: *term -ls, a summary



>>"Clint" == Clint Adams <schizo@debian.org> writes:

 >> Why?  Opening an xterm for interacting directly with a shell is IMHO
 >> functionally the same as opening an VC.  And I am really pissed off if
 >> I don't get a login shell and the profiles aren't sourced.  It's different
 >> of course if you open the xterm to run a program which is not a shell.

 Clint> In what situations, then, do you have/want an interactive shell that is
 Clint> not a login shell?


	Every single xterm I open which apart from the initial
 term. My bash init scripts to different things for login shell,m and
 I do not need these executed whenever a xterm is opened.

	There is a reason for having this distinction, you know. You
 can correctly configure your environment to actually use the
 facilities provided, as some of us have done.

	manoj
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