session manager and user environment in XFCE4

[Stephen Kuhn]

On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 16:11, Agi Subagio wrote:
> I'm evaluating XFCE4 beta1 on my RH 8 system.
> 
> I want to know how to run an application after user login to xfce (startup
> application)?
> In GNOME, I configured session manager to call an application everytime
> selected user login.
> 
> How to configure the environment and path for a user?
> Usually I put my custom env and path settings in $HOME/.bash_profile.
> But it didn't work in XFCE4.
> I try to put at $HOME/.bashrc, but only work after I run xterm.
> I need the custom env and path settings everytime I login to xwindow session
> in xfce, not after i run the xterm in xwindow session.
> Is there any solution for this situation?
> 
> Regards,
> Agi

Why not put the necessary information into the users' .xinitrc or
.xsession file (that lives in their home directory)?

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