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Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many

From	Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many
Date	2018-11-29 21:20 +0100
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On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 08:10:43PM +0000, Brian wrote:
> How does ~/.xsessionrc assume such importance over ~/.xsession in the
> grand scheme of X things?

Because it's the only file that's guaranteed to be read no matter what
kind of crazy nonstandard X session the user invokes (GNOME, I'm looking
at you).

Therefore, when writing a wiki page for the least knowledgeable end user,
it is the advice that I put *first*, with the description that this is
the *simplest* way of doing things.

Then I put the traditional "or .xsession but it only works if you ___" at
the end.  And I indicate that this is a more advanced way of doing things.
Therefore, users who self-identify as "advanced" will try that.  Whether
they are *actually* advanced is a different story, but they have been
given both choices, and appropriate descriptions and warnings.

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issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@gmail.com> - 2018-11-27 14:10 +0100
  Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-11-27 17:40 +0100
    Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-27 18:10 +0100
      Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-28 21:40 +0100
        Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-29 21:20 +0100
          Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-29 21:50 +0100
        Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-29 21:20 +0100
  Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-27 20:00 +0100
  Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-30 16:30 +0100
    Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@gmail.com> - 2018-11-30 16:50 +0100
      Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-11-30 17:00 +0100
        Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2018-11-30 17:30 +0100
        Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-30 17:40 +0100
  Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@gmail.com> - 2018-11-30 16:30 +0100
    Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2018-11-30 17:50 +0100
      Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2018-12-02 21:00 +0100
        Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-12-06 16:50 +0100
    Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2018-12-01 20:50 +0100
  Re: issues with stretch, issue 2 from many Ionel Mugurel Ciobîcă <I.M.Ciobica@gmail.com> - 2018-12-11 14:30 +0100

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