[Xquartz-dev] Initial xterm a login shell?

[Merle Reinhart]

Richard,

The xterm is launched from a login shell, so even though the xterm  
itself isn't a login shell, it has inherited from a true login shell.   
So, you get the same effect if you are using bash as your shell.

If you use some other shell as your login, then I'd recommend a minor  
change to the X11 preferences so that its login shell corresponds to  
what you are using:

defaults write org.x.X11 login_shell /bin/tcsh

replacing "/bin/tcsh" with your appropriate shell.
You can use
defaults read org.x.X11
to check before and after.

Merle


On Dec 1, 2008, at 7:17 AM, Richard Tobin wrote:

> This came up in a Usenet newsgroup.  When I start X11, the initial
> xterm is not a login shell (no -ls argument).  Some other people
> find that theirs is a login shell.  Is this something that has changed
> between versions?
>
> I would have thought it made sense for it to be a login shell, so
> that you get your expected PATH and so on.
>
> -- Richard
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