> > Run env in both and see the difference. > > Does the "terminal" (= xterm?) launch a login shell (as in ksh -l), > > and thus read your ~/.profile? > > > > Jan > > > env from the automatically started xterm:
What does "automaticaly" mean? The X session using yoru WM of choise starts that itself? How exactly is that xterm launched? > jean-mi@x1:~$ env > _=/usr/bin/env > LOGNAME=jean-mi > WINDOWID=8388620 > WINDOWPATH=5 > XTERM_SHELL=/bin/ksh > HOME=/home/jean-mi > _SWM_XTERM_FONTADJ= > PWD=/home/jean-mi > SWM_STARTED=YES > TERM_PROGRAM=tmux > LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 > TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=openbsd-7.7 > XTERM_VERSION=XTerm/OpenBSD(395) > DISPLAY=:0 > LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 > ENV=/home/jean-mi/.kshrc > PATH=/home/jean-mi/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin > TMUX=/tmp/tmux-1000/default,51238,4 > TMUX_PANE=%4 > TERM=screen > SHELL=/bin/ksh > _SWM_WS=0 > USER=jean-mi > XTERM_LOCALE=C > > env from the xterm started after: > > jean-mi@x1:~$ env > _=/usr/bin/env > LOGNAME=jean-mi > WINDOWID=16777228 > WINDOWPATH=5 > XTERM_SHELL=/bin/ksh > HOME=/home/jean-mi > _SWM_XTERM_FONTADJ= > PWD=/home/jean-mi > SWM_STARTED=YES > TERM_PROGRAM=tmux > LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 > TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION=openbsd-7.7 > XTERM_VERSION=XTerm/OpenBSD(395) > DISPLAY=:0 > LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 > ENV=/home/jean-mi/.kshrc > PATH=/home/jean-mi/bin:/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin > TMUX=/tmp/tmux-1000/default,51238,5 > TMUX_PANE=%5 > TERM=screen > SHELL=/bin/ksh > _SWM_WS=0 > USER=jean-mi > XTERM_LOCALE=C > jean-mi@x1:~$ > > I do not see much differences. But you have diff(1), right? > Terms launch tmux. What's "Terms"? I am not sure of what you call a Login Shell. That because you haven't read ksh(1) about -l
