rusty@GARNET.BERKELEY.EDU (01/13/90)
X Window System Bug Report
xbugs@expo.lcs.mit.edu
VERSION:
R4
CLIENT MACHINE and OPERATING SYSTEM:
sun sparcstation 1, sunos 4.0.3c
DISPLAY TYPE:
sun cg6
WINDOW MANAGER:
twm
AREA:
xinit
SYNOPSIS:
It seems that xinit ignores a program option and always starts xterm.
REPEAT BY:
% xinit xbiff
then you get complaints from xterm about xbiff not being a valid
option.rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (01/13/90)
It seems that xinit ignores a program option and always starts xterm. RTFM. The program name must start with . or / to be recognized as such.
rapatel@pilot.njin.net ( Rakesh Patel) (01/13/90)
Actually the bug is that you need to specify a full path name to the file in order for it to work. I.e. "xinit /usr/local/X11/bin/twm" will work, but "xinit twm" will not. Rakesh Patel.
raveling@isi.edu (Paul Raveling) (01/13/90)
In article <9001122043.AA08019@expire.lcs.mit.edu>, rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) writes: > > It seems that xinit ignores a program option and always starts xterm. > > RTFM. The program name must start with . or / to be recognized as such. This (among other things) bit us also -- our user community has a strong interest in upward compatibility and believes whatever works now, as in X11R3, should continue to work. It may be awhile before we release R4 to users, and I have an awful premonition that some may demand to stay on R3. ---------------- Paul Raveling Raveling@isi.edu
rws@EXPO.LCS.MIT.EDU (Bob Scheifler) (01/13/90)
This (among other things) bit us also -- our user community has a strong interest in upward compatibility and believes whatever works now, as in X11R3, should continue to work. Recheck your R3 xinit man page, you will find that it says exactly the same thing as the R4 man page about program names. We had bug reports from people that xinit didn't behave as the man page stated; we fixed the code to match the man page. It is a traditional problem that a coding bug turns into a feature exploited by some segment of the user community. If your community demands it, you can certainly change the implementation of xinit to meet those demands.
00098498%UNB.CA@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (01/15/90)
> I am quit from the X windows discussion for the time being. > Thank > Kudang B. Seminar