Re: login script & xterm
ms419@freezone.co.uk wrote:
> Where should I put commands to be executed when I login, & when I open
> an xterm, but not when a shell is run on other occasions?
> I want some commands executed when I login, but not when a shell is
> otherwise run, so I put them in my ~/.login, vs. my ~/.bashrc.
> Unfortunately, they aren't executed when I open an xterm.
But you could make a command, e.g., in your menu setup, which does this.
For example
xterm -e sh -c initialize_and_go
> I hoped there might be a ~/.xtermrc I could put them in, but I haven't
> found mention of an xterm initialization script anywhere in the
> documentation.
> Also, I thought I could configure xterm to start as if with the -ls
> flag. Anyway, there's probably a reason it doesn't, like a login shell
> might break some application using xterm?
It would annoy people who want xterm to start rapidly without running the
initialization script.
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