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Ok, forget EDITOR and XSESSION. I just started saying earlier that |
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DISPLAYMANAGER could be put in /etc/conf.d/xdm. XSESSION and |
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DISPLAYMANAGER are different, they just both relate to X. There is |
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really no reason not to split them up. |
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Forrest |
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On 2/14/06, John Mylchreest <johnm@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 08:15:23PM -0500, Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> |
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> wrote: |
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> > On Monday 13 February 2006 20:07, Forrest Voight wrote: |
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> > > How is that wrong? If it isn't, eselect would be a great way to switch |
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> > > EDITOR and XSESSION. |
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> > jesus, talk about over engineering |
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> > using eselect to manage some default variables instead of simply editing |
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> your |
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> > ~/.bashrc file is like using a backhoe to dig a hole for a bonsai tree ... |
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> > sure it'll work, but who the hell wants a goddamn bonsai tree |
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> > -mike |
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> I have 2 :) |
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> But on topic, I totally agree with Mike. OK, Possibly EDITOR and |
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> XSESSION are better suited to somewhere else other than rc, but atm that |
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> place doesn't exist, and imo doesn't warrant creation. |
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> /etc/env.d/ (when it comes to setting a default editor) just seems very odd |
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> to me. It's not easily managed from a package perspective. It can easily |
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> just throw some random behaviour. |
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> Of course, user specific EDITOR etc, is much better set in the |
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> appropriate ~/dotfiles. System wide, all we need is a workable default. |
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