Using CDE & .profile execution

[john guardian]

Guys,

I've got a "problem" developer who insists on having his .profile run whenever he pulls up a new HPterm or XTerm.

He wants me to include a line in both the "HPterm" and the "XTerm" files located in the "/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults" directory that should read (something like) *login:True.

Does anyone have the EXACT syntax? He "needs" this and nothing less (no alternate method) will satisfy him.

Thanks for reading.

[Luk Vandenbussche]

Hi Joe,

Edit .dtprofile in the users home directory

Uncomment the last line

DTSOURCEPROFILE=true

[Robert-Jan Goossens_1]

Hi Joe,

Uncomment below line in the $HOME/.dtprofile

DTSOURCEPROFILE=true

Regards,
Robert-Jan

[Doug Burton · Accepted solution]

You may want add...

*loginShell: true
*saveLines: 1024
*scrollBar: true

to these files:

/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/HPterm
/usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/XTerm
/usr/dt/app-defaults/C/Dtterm

[Peter Nikitka]

Hi,

there is no need to change system files to achieve this:
Simply put Dougs resource specifications to
~/XTerm
...
of this user.

mfG Peter

[john guardian]

Thanks, guys. I've gone ahead and implemented some of the suggestions and the developer is now a happy one!

[john guardian]

Thanks!