Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU!kit From: kit@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Chris D. Peterson) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Beginner's X Question Message-ID: <8911162152.AA10319@expo.lcs.mit.edu> Date: 16 Nov 89 21:52:14 GMT References: Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 19 > What is the name and location of the file where one gives the x > startup the commands to do certain things (i.e. open up a window with > Emacs running in it, declare a raster file background upon > initialization, etc.) I know the commands but am not sure where X > looks for them. Thanks for anyone's help. If you are running Xdm then the file is: ~/.xsession Otherwise you will have to put those commands in your .login file. Chris D. Peterson MIT X Consortium Net: kit@expo.lcs.mit.edu Phone: (617) 253 - 9608 Address: MIT - Room NE43-213