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From: pbrooks@mentorg.com (Phil Brooks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: HP-UX 8.0 and stty settings
Message-ID: <1991Jun17.231236.25720@apd.mentorg.com>
Date: 17 Jun 91 23:12:36 GMT
Sender: pbrooks@apd.mentorg.com (Phil Brooks)
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I have recently installed HP-UX 8.0 on my 845 and the behavior of the 
stty inheritance seems to have changed.  They used to get set when I logged
in from /etc/profile (things like stty erase ^H).

Now, when I log in (terminal mode) the settings get set, but when I start
mwm up via x11start, the xterms and/or hpterms don't inherit any stty 
settings unless I use the -ls (act as a login shell).

This isn't consistent with other systems nor (it seems) with HP-UX 7.0.
I have asked around a little here and everyone says "Oh, I just changed
all of my menus and my .x11start file to use -ls".  This does not seem to
be the right answer to me.  It seems that everything should inherit nicely
from the initial shell.  

Has anyone else noticed this?  Is there a reasonable answer for why the
change was made?

To duplicate this, you can use the generic sys.x11start file and run 
x11start from the terminal mode.  stty settings present in the console
terminal session will be gone in the x11start session.


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