Re: FVWM: `Exec exec foo' v. `Exec foo'

From: Norvell Spearman <norvell_at_houseofspearman.org>
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:24:48 -0600

On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 03:40:43PM -0500, Ben Winslow wrote:
> I would guess that when you do Exec xterm, the environment you started X
> with is being inherited, and when you do Exec exec xterm, the
> environment is being cleared. Try putting xterm*loginShell: true in
> your ~/.Xresources (or ~/.Xdefaults if appropriate), or starting xterm
> like: Exec exec xterm -xrm 'loginShell: true'

None of those worked; I'm not sure yet why. What I did was this:

Exec exec xterm -ls

and this seems to be working now. Thanks for pointing me in the right
direction. I suppose this may not have technically been an fvwm issue;
I'll try to dig a little deeper next time before I post.

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Norvell Spearman
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