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| author | Patrick J Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com> | 2009-08-26 10:00:38 -0500 |
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| committer | Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> | 2018-05-31 22:41:17 +0200 |
| commit | 5a12e7c134274dba706667107d10d231517d3e05 (patch) | |
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| download | current-5a12e7c134274dba706667107d10d231517d3e05.tar.gz | |
Slackware 13.0slackware-13.0
Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009
Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable! Thanks to everyone who
helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the
credits. The ISOs are off to the replicator. This time it will be a
6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD.
We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com. Please consider
picking up a copy to help support the project. Once again, thanks to
the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing
things and offering suggestions during this development cycle.
As always, have fun and enjoy! -P.
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diff --git a/slackbook/html/x-window-system-xinitrc.html b/slackbook/html/x-window-system-xinitrc.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..968b4c13 --- /dev/null +++ b/slackbook/html/x-window-system-xinitrc.html @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" + "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> +<head> +<meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org" /> +<title>xinitrc</title> +<meta name="GENERATOR" content="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7" /> +<link rel="HOME" title="Slackware Linux Essentials" href="index.html" /> +<link rel="UP" title="X Configuration" href="x-window-system.html" /> +<link rel="PREVIOUS" title="xorgsetup" href="x-window-system-xorgsetup.html" /> +<link rel="NEXT" title="xwmconfig" href="x-window-system-xwmconfig.html" /> +<link rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="docbook.css" /> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> +</head> +<body class="SECT1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" +alink="#0000FF"> +<div class="NAVHEADER"> +<table summary="Header navigation table" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" +cellspacing="0"> +<tr> +<th colspan="3" align="center">Slackware Linux Essentials</th> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td width="10%" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href="x-window-system-xorgsetup.html" +accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> +<td width="80%" align="center" valign="bottom">Chapter 6 X Configuration</td> +<td width="10%" align="right" valign="bottom"><a href="x-window-system-xwmconfig.html" +accesskey="N">Next</a></td> +</tr> +</table> + +<hr align="LEFT" width="100%" /> +</div> + +<div class="SECT1"> +<h1 class="SECT1"><a id="X-WINDOW-SYSTEM-XINITRC" name="X-WINDOW-SYSTEM-XINITRC">6.3 +xinitrc</a></h1> + +<p><tt class="COMMAND">xinit</tt>(1) is the program that actually starts X; it is called +by <tt class="COMMAND">startx</tt>(1), so you may not have noticed it (and probably don't +really need to). Its configuration file, however, determines which programs (including +and especially the window manager) are run when X starts up. <tt +class="COMMAND">xinit</tt> first checks your home directory for a <tt +class="FILENAME">.xinitrc</tt> file. If the file is found, it gets run; otherwise, <tt +class="FILENAME">/var/X11R6/lib/xinit/xinitrc</tt> (the systemwide default) is used. +Here's a simple <tt class="FILENAME">xinitrc</tt> file:</p> + +<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> +<tr> +<td> +<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING"> +#!/bin/sh +# $XConsortium: xinitrc.cpp,v 1.4 91/08/22 11:41:34 rws Exp $ + +userresources=$HOME/.Xresources +usermodmap=$HOME/.Xmodmap +sysresources=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xresources +sysmodmap=/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xinit/.Xmodmap + +# merge in defaults and keymaps + +if [ -f $sysresources ]; then + xrdb -merge $sysresources +fi + +if [ -f $sysmodmap ]; then + xmodmap $sysmodmap +fi + +if [ -f $userresources ]; then + xrdb -merge $userresources +fi + +if [ -f $usermodmap ]; then + xmodmap $usermodmap +fi + +# start some nice programs + +twm & +xclock -geometry 50x50-1+1 & +xterm -geometry 80x50+494+51 & +xterm -geometry 80x20+494-0 & +exec xterm -geometry 80x66+0+0 -name login +</pre> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>All of those “if” blocks are there to merge in various configuration +settings from other files. The interesting part of the file is toward the end, where +various programs are run. This X session will begin with the <tt +class="COMMAND">twm</tt>(1) window manager, a clock, and three terminals. Note the <tt +class="COMMAND">exec</tt> before the last <tt class="COMMAND">xterm</tt>. What that does +is replace the currently running shell (the one that's executing this <tt +class="FILENAME">xinitrc</tt> script) with that <tt class="COMMAND">xterm</tt>(1) +command. When the user quits that <tt class="COMMAND">xterm</tt>, the X session will +end.</p> + +<p>To customize your X startup, copy the default <tt +class="FILENAME">/var/X11R6/lib/xinit/xinitrc</tt> to <tt +class="FILENAME">~/.xinitrc</tt> and edit it, replacing those program lines with whatever +you like. The end of mine is simply:</p> + +<table border="0" bgcolor="#E0E0E0" width="100%"> +<tr> +<td> +<pre class="PROGRAMLISTING"> +# Start the window manager: +exec startkde +</pre> +</td> +</tr> +</table> + +<p>Note that there are several <tt class="FILENAME">xinitrc.*</tt> files in <tt +class="FILENAME">/var/X11R6/lib/xinit</tt> that correspond to various window managers and +GUIs. You can use any of those, if you like.</p> +</div> + +<div class="NAVFOOTER"> +<hr align="LEFT" width="100%" /> +<table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" +cellspacing="0"> +<tr> +<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top"><a href="x-window-system-xorgsetup.html" +accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> +<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="index.html" +accesskey="H">Home</a></td> +<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><a href="x-window-system-xwmconfig.html" +accesskey="N">Next</a></td> +</tr> + +<tr> +<td width="33%" align="left" valign="top"><tt class="COMMAND">xorgsetup</tt></td> +<td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href="x-window-system.html" +accesskey="U">Up</a></td> +<td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><tt class="COMMAND">xwmconfig</tt></td> +</tr> +</table> +</div> +</body> +</html> + |