Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!world!decwrl!bacchus.pa.dec.com!shlump.nac.dec.com!riscy.enet.dec.com!croton!frank From: frank@croton.enet.dec.com (Frank Wortner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Re: how to prevent dxterm from auto-starting Keywords: dxterm Message-ID: <1766@riscy.enet.dec.com> Date: 9 Oct 90 14:10:52 GMT References: <1990Oct9.084159@energy.test.cbm.dec.com> <1990Oct9.052403.4941@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: newsdaemon@riscy.enet.dec.com Reply-To: frank@croton.enet.dec.com (Frank Wortner) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 10 While we're on the subject, if you want to use xterm (or any other program) as the default terminal emulator, add a line like the following to your .Xdefaults: sm.terminalEmulatorName: /usr/bin/X11/xterm -ls (The -ls stands for "login shell." Your .login or .profile is read, and your initial directory is set to your home.) Frank