DISPLAY environment variable from login(1)

Bill Janssen janssen at holmes
Wed Sep 6 03:26:21 AEST 1989


Actually, using the tty information for this is an extremely fragile
option.  The server could have been started with a different display
number, or the screens could have been switched.  Some type of
meta-environment variable is really needed for this kind of situation
(multiple logins under the control of one "session").

Bill
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