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xinit file for startxfce4
#!/bin/sh
prefix="/usr"
exec_prefix="${prefix}"
xrdb="xrdb"
xinitdir="/etc/X11/xinit"
xclock="xclock"
xterm="xterm"
twm="twm"
xmodmap="xmodmap"
userresources="$HOME/.Xresources"
usermodmap="$HOME/.Xmodmap"
sysresources="$xinitdir/.Xresources"
sysmodmap="$xinitdir/.Xmodmap"
# merge in defaults and keymaps
if [ -f "$sysresources" ]; then
if [ -x /usr/bin/cpp ] ; then
"$xrdb" -merge "$sysresources"
else
"$xrdb" -nocpp -merge "$sysresources"
fi
fi
if [ -f "$sysmodmap" ]; then
"$xmodmap" "$sysmodmap"
fi
if [ -f "$userresources" ]; then
if [ -x /usr/bin/cpp ] ; then
"$xrdb" -merge "$userresources"
else
"$xrdb" -nocpp -merge "$userresources"
fi
fi
if [ -f "$usermodmap" ]; then
"$xmodmap" "$usermodmap"
fi
# start some nice programs
if [ -d "$xinitdir"/xinitrc.d ] ; then
for f in "$xinitdir/xinitrc.d"/?*.sh ; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
"$twm" &
"$xclock" -geometry 50x50-1+1 &
"$xterm" -geometry 80x50+494+51 &
"$xterm" -geometry 80x20+494-0 &
exec startxfce4
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