On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 08:10:43PM +0000, Brian wrote: > How does ~/.xsessionrc assume such importance over ~/.xsession in the > grand scheme of X things?
Because it's the only file that's guaranteed to be read no matter what kind of crazy nonstandard X session the user invokes (GNOME, I'm looking at you). Therefore, when writing a wiki page for the least knowledgeable end user, it is the advice that I put *first*, with the description that this is the *simplest* way of doing things. Then I put the traditional "or .xsession but it only works if you ___" at the end. And I indicate that this is a more advanced way of doing things. Therefore, users who self-identify as "advanced" will try that. Whether they are *actually* advanced is a different story, but they have been given both choices, and appropriate descriptions and warnings.