On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 08:53:35PM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > --On 25 October 2005 05:10 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >What I'd like to do is have my TERM environment variable set to wsvt25 > >for all users forever, and XTERM set to xterm-xfree86 for all users > >forever. > > The environment variable is still called TERM in X. > > >I've grepped through /etc and I can't find where environment variables > >are set, either. So (my user account shell is bash) I set TERM=wsvt25 > >in .bash_profile, and when I login I get the "declare ...." messages, > >but it ignores TERM and XTERM that I set, with TERM set to vt220. > > I don't know bash well but in ksh, you need to make the xterm a login > shell in order to use .profile (by setting loginShell resource to true, > or using -ls in the xterm command line). Displaying some output will > prove whether it's being run. > > Also, did you remember to export the variable? > > >I like colorls and color syntax highlighting when using emacs on a > >console, so that's why I want wsvt25. > > You might be able to use some xterm variant at the console too, > actually. Works for me with mutt on the console of a Zaurus.. > >
For bash, as I use it: .bash_profile -> interactive, login shell .bashrc -> interactive, non login shell Since I want all interactive bash shells to have the same environment, I just (sym)link .bash_profile to .bashrc bash(1) has more detailed information. Kind regards, Jimmy Scott -- People usually get what's coming to them ... unless it's been mailed. [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]
