From: telcontar@duck.com   
      
   On 17.09.2022 at 07:58, bad sector scribbled:   
      
   > On 9/16/22 9:49 PM, Henrik Carlqvist wrote:   
   >    
   > > Even the fact that you can test for the DISPLAY variable in files   
   > > like .profile or .bashrc does not mean that they are a good choice   
   > > for starting X applications. Better choices would be .xinitrc,   
   > > .xsessionrc or any autostart functionality of your desktop   
   > > environment.   
   > >    
   > > Your .bashrc will be run every time you start a new bash, this   
   > > includes every time you open a new terminal.   
   > >    
   > > Also your .profile will be run every time you open a new terminal   
   > > if the terminal is configured to run as a login shell.   
   > >    
   > > Would you want a new pair of xeyes for every terminal that you open?   
   >    
   > I finally got it sorted out:    
      
   No, you didn't. ;)     
      
   What you did was work around the problem because for some reason you   
   don't want to do it the right way, which is to add the command to start   
   X11-based applications to your ~/.xinitrc or — as Henrik remarked above   
   — the autostart functionality of your desktop environment.  The latter   
   approach actually bears preference for starting something like xeyes —   
   ~/.xinitrc is actually better left for setting things like your keyboard   
   repeat rate, or for (re)assigning certain keys on your keyboard, or   
   something similar.   
      
   ~/.profile is not the place to start applications, least of all   
   applications that require the X server to be running.  ~/.profile is   
   where you set environment variables for your user account that must take   
   effect upon login, and where you then also export them.   
      
   --    
   With respect,   
   = Aragorn =   
      
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