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["Ian Scott" <mriscott AT yahoo.co.uk>]

> I was able to make separate .xinitrc's for each X program I 
> want to load 
> automatically when running X:
> 
> .xinitrc.opera   -
> icewm&
> opera&  (the exec was not needed)
> rxvt (this stays there when you exit opera, and X closes when 
> you exit the rxvt)
> 
> Then I made an alias to point xinit at this file instead of 
> the default 
> .xinitrc (in /root):  xinit -- /etc/.xinitrc.opera  (and 
> Xvesa and screen 
> resolution and -terminate)
> 
> Worked also for xv and xpdf.
> 
> How would I modify either the alias or the .xinitrc so as to 
> load a file 
> at the same time (xpdf-alias filename.pdf)?
> 
> I tried putting $1 after opera in .xinitrc and also in the 
> alias and it 
> only messed things up.
> 


You'll have to be a bit clever to do this ...

.xinitrc won't take arguments, so I reckon you need to write a script -
perhaps /usr/local/bin/runxpdf:


# write another script - /usr/local/bin/runpdf - to open your chosen doc in
xpdf
echo xpdf $1 >/usr/local/bin/runpdf

# change permissions so this script can be excecuted
chmod 777 /usr/local/bin/runpdf

# now start x
xinit -- ... your xinit command

(the lines starting with # are comments - they are only there to show you
what the lines do, and are not required)

- and then in the .xinitrc, call /usr/local/bin/runpdf instead of xpdf


Hope that makes sense

Ian