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Sindi Keesan wrote:
>
> exec xterm
> exec rxvt
> exec rxvt
> 
> (Steven, is exec needed?  

No.

> I put it in because your icewm menu had it.

I use exec for icewm in ~/.xinitrc in order to terminate 
the process running the script.  Otherwise, the process 
stays alive until icewm terminates.

> And now I know why you have three xterms on one line in the menu.)

The first is the menu label.  The second is the name of the
icon.  The third is the executable.

> xterm - 1804K
> rxvt - 1036K
> ratpoison - 740K
> bash - 880 K
> 
> BL3 
> swm - 684K - it is definitely minimal!
> sh - 252K

I think you'll find that rxvt is smaller in BL3 as well.  
I compiled a special slim version.

Cheers,
Steven