Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 13:12:37 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Schlenker <schlenke@fmi.uni-passau.de> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: XTERM Message-ID: <15075.7957.322616.324648@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <121956176@toto.iv>
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Schlenker <schlenke@fmi.uni-passau.de> types: > On Sun, 22 Apr 2001, Robert T.G. Tan wrote: > > Where does TERM get set, if not in ~/.*rc, or /etc/whatever-default-configs > > Like most Un*x progs it reads is configuration from ~/.Xdefaults. A > friends .Xdefaults looks like the following (Thank you Timon): Very few Unix progs read ~/.Xdefaults. It's an X thing, and only looked at by X programs - if they bother. Personally, I never use ~/.Xdefaults; I use ~/.Xresources and XAPPLRESDIR. The TERM variable is initialized by the program that creates the user session (typically login) with the default value from /etc/ttys. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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