Ok, forget EDITOR and XSESSION. I just started saying earlier that DISPLAYMANAGER could be put in /etc/conf.d/xdm. XSESSION and DISPLAYMANAGER are different, they just both relate to X. There is really no reason not to split them up.
Forrest On 2/14/06, John Mylchreest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 08:15:23PM -0500, Mike Frysinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > On Monday 13 February 2006 20:07, Forrest Voight wrote: > > > How is that wrong? If it isn't, eselect would be a great way to switch > > > EDITOR and XSESSION. > > > > jesus, talk about over engineering > > > > using eselect to manage some default variables instead of simply editing > your > > ~/.bashrc file is like using a backhoe to dig a hole for a bonsai tree ... > > sure it'll work, but who the hell wants a goddamn bonsai tree > > -mike > > I have 2 :) > > But on topic, I totally agree with Mike. OK, Possibly EDITOR and > XSESSION are better suited to somewhere else other than rc, but atm that > place doesn't exist, and imo doesn't warrant creation. > > /etc/env.d/ (when it comes to setting a default editor) just seems very odd > to me. It's not easily managed from a package perspective. It can easily > just throw some random behaviour. > > Of course, user specific EDITOR etc, is much better set in the > appropriate ~/dotfiles. System wide, all we need is a workable default. > > -- > Role: Gentoo Linux Kernel Lead > Gentoo Linux: http://www.gentoo.org > Public Key: gpg --recv-keys 9C745515 > Key fingerprint: A0AF F3C8 D699 A05A EC5C 24F7 95AA 241D 9C74 5515 > > > -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
