[Xquartz-dev] 2.3.2_rc4

[Viv Kendon]

On Sat, 20 Dec 2008, Jeremy Huddleston wrote:

> The "initial" xterm was not, but ones run from the Applications menu were.

Well I would not have noticed that since my xterm command in 
the menu looks something like

xterm -bg lemonchiffon -sb -rightbar -sl 10000 -fn 9x15 -geometry 80x40+10+42 -ls

(i.e. -ls for a login shell) and I "defaults wrote" away the 
initial xterm as soon as I realised it was possible.

> hrm... ok, well then I'll just do it inside a /bin/sh -c "<command>"

> That is the point of doing rcs ... I didn't realize people would do that or 
> expect that usability... now I am, so I'll fix it.  Please file a bug report 
> at http://xquartz.macosforge.org, so it doesn't fall through the cracks.

Thanks! Ticket #215 duly filed.

I personally really don't mind whether you keep the 
functionality or provide a warning with instructions in the 
release.  But if it makes no odds which way you exec the 
commands, the extra flexibility the multiple commands 
provide might prove to be useful in future too.

-- Viv
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