The reason _why_ it doesn't read your alias requires a long winding explanation, so I won't go into detail here... but, the way to fix it, is by using X resources.
Edit ~/.Xresources in your favorite text editor. ANd use these resources xterm*font: <name of font to use... default is "fixed"> xterm*background: <background color> xterm*foreground: <foreground color> xterm*scrollbar: <yes/no to display a scrollbar or not> there are many resources, but those are the basics... You may also have to link .Xresources to .Xdefaults... Byt doing this: ln -s ~/.Xresources ~/.Xdefaults it's a good ide ato create the link On 11-Jan-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Curious about something... > > When my X comes up (under XDM and KDE), it automagically starts an xterm > session. Obviously, this comes from my Xsession file. > > Well, I tried to start another xterm window from the first one, but for some > reason, it doesn't recognize the aliases the first window does. What gives? > I typed the xterm command line exactly as it came from the Xsession file, and > it didn't help. Isn't the second xterm session reading the .bash_profile and > /etc/profile at startup? > > -Jay > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > /dev/null ---------------------------------- Lead me not into temptationm I can find it myself. ----------------------------------
