It should say "-e", not "-a". --- xc/programs/xterm/xterm.man Wed Jan 5 17:40:31 2005 +++ ./xterm.man Wed Jun 15 18:38:08 2005 @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ programs in a window, and if \fBloginShell\fP were not ignored, the result of ~/.profile might interfere with that. .IP -If you do want the effect of \fB-ls\fP and \fB-a\fP simultaneously, you +If you do want the effect of \fB-ls\fP and \fB-e\fP simultaneously, you may get away with something like .RS 15 xterm -e /bin/bash -l -c "my command here"
Bug text was lost in bugzilla disk crash. xorg-team archives show this original bug report: Summary: small typo in xterm man page Product: xorg Version: unspecified Platform: PC OS/Version: OpenBSD Status: NEW Severity: trivial Priority: P2 Component: App/xterm AssignedTo: xorg-team at lists.x.org ReportedBy: readercamel at gmail.com It should say "-e", not "-a". --- xc/programs/xterm/xterm.man Wed Jan 5 17:40:31 2005 +++ ./xterm.man Wed Jun 15 18:38:08 2005 @@ -591,7 +591,7 @@ programs in a window, and if \fBloginShell\fP were not ignored, the result of ~/.profile might interfere with that. .IP -If you do want the effect of \fB-ls\fP and \fB-a\fP simultaneously, you +If you do want the effect of \fB-ls\fP and \fB-e\fP simultaneously, you may get away with something like .RS 15 xterm -e /bin/bash -l -c "my command here"
Xorg no longer maintains xterm in it's CVS but refers users directly to Thomas Dickey's upstream version.
It's been fixed for some time anyway. See http://invisible-island.net/xterm/xterm.log.html#xterm_203
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