[Xquartz-dev] 2.3.2_rc4

[Jeremy Huddleston]

Would someone who uses tcsh give me an example ~/.x11run that I can  
place in the FAQ here:

http://xquartz.macosforge.org/trac/wiki/X11-UsersFAQ#Howcanmylauncedapplicationsinheritmytcshenvironment



On Dec 18, 2008, at 00:42, Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:

> + Nicholas Riley <njriley at uiuc.edu>:
>
>> On Dec 17, 2008, at 10:20 PM, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:
>>
>>> * Changed how X11 applications inherit the shell environment.   
>>> X11.app now starts from a login shell and passes this off to its  
>>> children rather than starting each child from a login shell
>>>  * If you are using tcsh, you may want to customize /Applications/ 
>>> Utilities/X11.app/Contents/MacOS/X11 (it's a shell script)
>>
>> This isn't terribly useful on multiuser systems where different  
>> users have different shells.
>
> I wonder if it would be worthwhile turning that little script into  
> something along the lines of
>
> #!/bin/bash --login
>
> if [ -x ~/.x11run ]; then
> exec ~/.x11run "$(dirname $0)"/X11.bin "${@}"
> else
> exec "$(dirname $0)"/X11.bin "${@}"
> fi
>
> ? That way, knowledgeable people with weird shells or odd  
> requirements can customize their X11 environment to their hearts'  
> content.
>
> - Harald
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