Re: rxvt & xiterm

Andrew Sullivan (ajsulliv@reply.to)
Tue, 12 May 1998 15:19:58 -0400 (EDT) 

On Tue, 12 May 1998, Dennis Wook Shim wrote:

> I was wondering, how do you set up rxvt or xiterm so that when you
> run it, it automatically executes your .profile?  typing . .profile for 
> every window opened is very tiresome..

Don't know about rxvt, but xiterm allows the switch -ls, which starts the
term as a login shell.

> Btw, why the different names?  They are written (or modified/enhanced) by
> the same person.

I believe that the "i" in "xiterm" refers to its international charset
capabilities.  I've no idea if rxvt also has that ability.

Andrew Sullivan 
asullivan@sprint.ca
ajsulliv@mcmaster.ca


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