~/.Xinitrc: A user's startup / configuration file for an X Window session on a terminal. Among other things, you can specify the window manager to be used. This file is read (and the contents "executed") when the startx command is run.

Links:

• http://cs.clark.edu/~clug/docs/presentation_docs/rcfiles.pdf -- This document also covers .bashrc, .netrc, and .exrc.

Contributors

• RandyKramer - 24 Jan 2002
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