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On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 12:44:20PM -0400 or thereabouts, Louis LeBlanc wrote:
> On 09/04/03 04:50 PM, Markie sat at the `puter and typed:
> > > <SNIP>
> > 
> > http://linux.about.com/library/bl/open/newbie/blnewbie4.3.6.htm
> > 
> > Looks about right, I remember doing this a long time ago but couldn't
> > remember how. Thanks for making me get some motivation to make myself look
> > it up :o)
> > 
> 
> <SNIP>
> 
> There are a hundred other questions, like how do you get an xsession
> to start different WMs or even different configurations of the same WM
> based on the display?

Test the variable $DISPLAY or $display (not sure) in your .xsession; it is
a shell script, after all.

Not sure .xinitrc is a shell script, but it may be. If so, that stuff will
work there too.

-- Josh