[xorg-bugzilla-noise] [Bug 844] New: startx (and xinit) do not honor the client specification

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           Summary: startx (and xinit) do not honor the client specification
           Product: xorg
           Version: 6.7.0
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Server/general
        AssignedTo: xorg-bugzilla-noise at freedesktop.org
        ReportedBy: gerald.britton at allstream.com


According to the man pages:

startx [ [ client ] options ... ] [ -- [ server ] options ... ]

[...] snip

"If  command line client options are given, they override this behavior and
revert to the xinit(1) behavior"

xinit:

"The  xinit program is used to start the X Window System server and a first
client program on systems that cannot start X directly from /etc/init or in 
environments  that  use  multiple window  systems."

however, if my .xinitrc contains the single command "kde" e.g. and I enter
"startx gnome", the client (gnome in this example) is ignored and kde is
started.  If I have no .xinitrc and I issue the command "startx kde", twm is
started!

In anothter test, I changed .xinitrc to the single command "ooffice" and issued
startx.  Up came openoffice.org, as expected.  Next, I removed .xinitrc and
issued the command "starx ooffice".  Openoffice.org did not start, just twm (the
default window manager in my install).   
   
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