Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!seismo!hal!nancie From: nancie@hal.CSS.GOV (Nancie Matson) Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Subject: Re: Beginner's X Question Message-ID: <192@hal.CSS.GOV> Date: 20 Nov 89 18:56:04 GMT References: <8911162152.AA10319@expo.lcs.mit.edu> Reply-To: nancie@hal.CSS.GOV.UUCP (Nancie Matson) Organization: ENSCO Inc., Melbourne FL Lines: 15 > > 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. > You can create an ~/.xinitrc file and put the command in there, or use the ~/.xsession file. Hope this helps! nancie nancie@hal.CSS.GOV