On Mon 23 Nov 2015 at 20:06:06 -0800, Marc Shapiro wrote: > On 11/22/2015 02:56 PM, The Wanderer wrote: > >On 2015-11-22 at 15:24, Brian wrote: > > > >>startx -- vt7 > > > >That requires specifying it by hand every time startx is run. As I > >indicated, that is unacceptable; I don't have to specify the VT manually > >every time I lanch X now in order to get the current behavior, and I > >shouldn't have to specify it manually at every launch in order get that > >behavior after a change of the default. > > > >Where/how would it be possible to specify this in a config file, so that > >it can be set-and-forget if desired? > > > >(Leaving aside the fact that setting it explicitly in a config file > >wouldn't replicate current behavior in the scenario where multiple > >instances of X are launched on the same machine; I've had X open on vt7 > >and vt8 at the same time, previously, with no manual VT specifying > >involved. That's something I do rarely enough that it won't affect me > >personally, however; it's just something whose loss I'd find annoying in > >principle.) > > > My box always has three X sessions going at the same time (still on Wheezy). > I use an alias to set the vt. The value of the alias is determined by who > is logged on and running startx: > > for me: > alias startx='clear; startx -- :0 vt07' > > for my wife: > alias startx='clear; startx -- :1 vt08' > > for my daughter: > alias startx='clear; startx -- :2 vt09' > > I sincerely hope that, if and when I update to Jessie, this behavior will > still be available as this allows any one of us to sit down at the computer > and with a fixed keystroke combination get to our own X session, while not > requiring that we logon to a fixed console.
This behaviour is available on Jessie.
