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diff --git a/man/startx.man b/man/startx.man index 2b894f7..2fe952d 100644 --- a/man/startx.man +++ b/man/startx.man @@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ startx \-\^\- \-layout Multihead .PP To determine the client to run, .B startx -first looks for a file called +first checks the environment variable +.I XINITRC +for a filename. If that variable is unset, or does not contain a filename, +it looks for a file called .I .xinitrc in the user's home directory. If that is not found, it uses the file @@ -85,7 +88,10 @@ behavior and revert to the behavior. To determine the server to run, .B startx -first looks for a file called +checks the environment variable +.I XSERVERRC +for a filename. If that variable is unset, or does not contain a filename, +it looks for a file called .I .xserverrc in the user's home directory. If that is not found, it uses the file @@ -161,6 +167,20 @@ for the local host. See the and .IR Xsecurity (__miscmansuffix__) manual pages for more information on X client/server authentication. +.TP 25 +XINITRC +This variable should contain the location of an xinitrc file. If unset, +.I $(HOME)/.xinitrc +or +.I __xinitdir__/xinitrc +will be used. +.TP 25 +XSERVERRC +This variable should contain the location of an xserver file. If unset, +.I $(HOME)/.xinitrc +or +.I __xinitdir__/xserverrc +will be used. .SH FILES .TP 25 .I $(HOME)/.xinitrc |