RE: Starting another Xterm in X
The reason _why_ it doesn't read your alias requires a long winding
explanation, so I won't go into detail here... but, the way to fix it, is by
using X resources.
Edit ~/.Xresources in your favorite text editor. ANd use these resources
xterm*font: <name of font to use... default is "fixed">
xterm*background: <background color>
xterm*foreground: <foreground color>
xterm*scrollbar: <yes/no to display a scrollbar or not>
there are many resources, but those are the basics...
You may also have to link .Xresources to .Xdefaults... Byt doing this:
ln -s ~/.Xresources ~/.Xdefaults
it's a good ide ato create the link
On 11-Jan-99 MallarJ@aol.com wrote:
> Curious about something...
>
> When my X comes up (under XDM and KDE), it automagically starts an xterm
> session. Obviously, this comes from my Xsession file.
>
> Well, I tried to start another xterm window from the first one, but for some
> reason, it doesn't recognize the aliases the first window does. What gives?
> I typed the xterm command line exactly as it came from the Xsession file, and
> it didn't help. Isn't the second xterm session reading the .bash_profile and
> /etc/profile at startup?
>
> -Jay
>
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