Re: xinitrc follies

# I'm trying to configure .xinitrc so I can choose which window
# manager to use on a whim, and of course there must be a
# default. Here is my current version:

If putting it in .xinitrc doesn't work (and I don't know of a way to
have startx pass args to .xinitrc), then instead, move your .xinitrc
to a script -- say ~/bin/startx -- which you run, like

foo@bar:~$ startx wmaker

where ~/bin comes before /usr/bin/X11 in your PATH.  Your ~/bin/startx
might either create ~/.xinitrc using a stub config or call startx with
some voodoo which has not yet been identified.

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