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Re: alias in .xsession



Stephen Touset wrote:
> I'm trying to set up my .xsession to include an alias Unfortunately, the 
> alias isn't created--when I run Eterm from the menu, it doesn't include 
> the options. I'm positive that the file is being sourced, because the 
> CVSROOT environment variable is being set correctly. How can I get the 
> alias to apply to my Enlightenment session?

Environment variables are inherited from parent to child.  Since your
terminals are all children of the parent xsession you can pass
environment variables down.

But you can't pass aliases to children.  Instead you need to put them
in your .bashrc or other shell environment file.

Bob

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