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How do I avoid automatic launching of Xterm whenever I start Apples X11?

April 26, 2017Apple automatic avoid launching X11 xterm

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How do I avoid automatic launching of Xterm whenever I start Apples X11?

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If you look at /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc, you’ll find that by default xterm is launched whenever you start Apple’s X11. This could be quite annoying if you don’t want that. Fortunately the fix is very simple.