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> 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?

.bash_profile is for login shells. .bashrc is for non-login shells. Copy
your alias to the .bashrc file and that should help.
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