On Thu, Aug 10, 2000 at 12:55:32AM +0200, Mukunda Peter Pasedach wrote: > Hello > > I have not yet found out how to automatically start up programs when > x is started. I am using Icewm as my window manager. In the icewm docs > there is something about a .Xclient which I created but it didn't have > any effect. As I read there, .Xclient contains the command for starting > up icewm. So I guess there seems to be different way icewm is started > in debian. Could someone please point me to where that is, and where I > would have to add commands for starting programs like xbuffy, rxvt and > so on? This might not be the "best" way to do it, but what I usually did (before switching to fvwm and using its init.hook file), is just put stuff in the .xinitrc file. For example if I was running icewm and wanted an rxvt and Mutt (in an rxvt) loaded when I ran X, my ~/.xinitrc file would look like this:
rxvt & rxvt -e mutt & exec icewm The &'s are important, if you don't put them there then the other lines won't be read until you exit from the &-less program. (Hey, running X with a term and no window manager can be fun. :) ) Tom
