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[Sindi Keesan <keesan AT iamjlamb.com>]

On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Sindi Keesan wrote:
> >
> > Is there some way to have two .xinitrc's and choose between 
> > them, 
> 
> Have you considered having two different usernames?  Each 
> would have with a different ~/.xinitrc.  You could even 
> configure one (or both) to automatically startx as soon as
> you enter the username (i.e. null password and startx in
> ~/.profile).

That is clever.  I think I am supposed to be going online (running opera)  
as user instead of root anyway.  And BL2 comes with one user called
'user', I think.  So I just copy over .xinitrc to /user from /root and
change from ratpoison to icewm?  (I am back on my DOS computer now, can't
check).  I suppose I could also copy over .kermrc and .lynxrc.

I am not using startx, which I read is just a script to run xinit.  I have 
xinit and .xinitrc and made aliases using xinit, which I can also continue 
using by copying .profile to /user from /root.  x1024 runs Xvesa at that 
resolution using the wm specified in .xinitrc.  

> > Is there some way to load opera without first making an rxvt? 
> 
> There should be.  X applications are executed directly
> without using an xterm (rxvt).  It is only CLI applications
> that are executed via an xterm.
> 
> > I experimented and nothing else works for me.  
> 
> Perhaps you are not executing the Opera executable?  
> Perhaps you are executing some kind of CLI loader for Opera?

I will take a look.  Opera is set up oddly.  Anyway, you have suggested a 
good solution to my problem.  Operate won't run in 4 colors and Xvesa 
won't display correct in 8 colors so I use 15-bit color (next higher 
choice).

xinit -- Xvesa -screen 1024x768x15 &rxvt -e opera

This works, and with the correct .xinitrc will also load icewm and do 
xmodmap for me.

Without the &rxvt would I just type opera or, -e opera, or exec opera 
after the Xvesa?  I tried everything I could think of.  
&opera?  I am obviously not clear on what & and -e and exec do.  

Could I do Xvesa -screen (choose resolution here) &icewm &opera   ?


THANKS
Sindi

> 
> Cheers,
> Steven